Extinction Gene | Book 4 | 3 Days To Defy by Maxey Phil

Author:Maxey, Phil [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Pandemic | Survival | Thriller
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2021-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

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4: 41 p.m. Highway 63.

Heavy clumps of snow fell as Sam walked into Rufus’s kitchen. “Brrr.” She shivered, smiling seeing Landon, Rufus and Meg sitting at the table. Josh, Agatha, Toby and Helen were on the floor, playing with an old board game.

“Enjoy your walk?” said the former pastor.

She nodded. “Yeah, I just about turned into a snowman.”

“Try and stay inside now,” said Landon. “Now that it’s dark…”

She rolled her eyes. “Yes, fine. I know. Anyway I’m tired. Think I might just lay on the sofa and read until I fall asleep.” She looked at Rufus. “If I can still use that room?”

He nodded. “Of course. I’ve got some of the classics on the shelf in there.”

“I noticed.” She started to move away.

“Have you seen that young man? Lachlan?”

“Umm, I think he’s in the diner somewhere. Why?”

“No reason.”

She turned to her dad as if something just occurred to her. “Later I want to talk about how we’re going to find, mom. Okay?”

He smiled with a nod. “Get some rest and we’ll discuss it.”

She turned, taking a glance at her little brother and walked into the living room, closing the door then immediately moved to the window and flicked the latch across. Lachlan was waiting on the other side, his hands in his pockets, a backpack over his shoulder, another near his feet.

“Hurry! I’m freezing!”

She grabbed her jacket from the back of the sofa, slipped into it and climbed up, through and out of the window, pushing it closed best she could from the other side, then turned to him. “Come on, we have to get to my father’s car.”

They ran across the crispy white surface, onto the small path between the buildings and then onto the gravel to where the vehicles were parked. The old car that Landon took, sat beside Tracey’s and Rufus’s pickup. She looked across to the diner than back to the house. Nothing moved beyond the glows deep inside either building. She pulled the handle and opened the driver’s door, her senses attuned to anything other than the sound of the light wind, then leaned across, pulling down the lid of the glove-compartment. Reaching in she plucked the blue box from the small space and opened it, taking one bottle, then quickly took another, placing them in her pockets and placed the box back. She quickly got out and closed the door quietly.

“I don’t see why we can’t just steal one of these.”

A noise came from the back of the diner, making them both duck and crouch beside the large vehicle. Footsteps came and went.

“Even if we get the keys, they’ll hear it start up. We wouldn’t get a mile before they came after us. We have to start out on foot.”

He frowned, letting out a breath which quickly became a frosty white cloud.

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