Facing Shadows (The Drifts, #4): A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Story by Emily Webster
Author:Emily Webster [Webster, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emily V. Webster
Published: 2023-03-04T16:00:00+00:00
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âLots of usable supplies here,â Silvio says, his rifle still in hand, as he checks out the bags on the horses.
The gunfire frightened them, but we managed to calm them down. Alistair holds two by the reins, while Jac has the other two secured. The young rebel talks quietly to the two horses with him.
Natalie sits with Jett where he took down Patton. Aubrey finishes stitching him up. I hope with the swiftness in which she moved to heal him will keep his leg from becoming infected. An image of Lisa enters my mind â her dying slowly and painfully; those of us helping her actually believing we were giving her a chance. Itâs become ingrained in my mind.
Samâs voice is what surprisingly saves me from my thoughts, âImagine if I never followed you away from that battlefield back when we were Camp Delta prisoners,â he tells me, clearly proud of himself. âYou never wouldâve been found. That dude wouldâve killed you.â He points at Pattonâs corpse. âDidnât look like the situation was under control.â
I donât give him the satisfaction of looking at him. Maybe heâll think I didnât hear him. Doesnât he realize if he didnât blackmail me into letting him escape with me or if we didnât run into each other on that steam engine, I would have never come this way for Casper?
âHow are you?â Silver finally asks me. Sheâs looking me up and down as if searching me for visible injuries.
âOkay,â I reply. âI lost my Colt.â I shrug. âI donât think itâll find its way back this time.â
Silver gives me a knowing look. She probably felt the same way when she had to leave her katana behind to cross the border. A weapon like that isnât something you can just lose and replace with another. It isnât the same.
âHow did you find us?â I ask. âI thought after the base you were going to Etherwood.â I glance toward Sam, hoping he doesnât catch my eyes on him and make a snarky comment. âAnd howâd you run into him? We thought he was dead.â
âThat was the plan,â Silver says, pulling something out of her bag. âYou told me you would find us.â She hands me a nutrition bar and I take it. âI knew there was a chance youâd find your own way and change your plans, but I also didnât want to assume. You couldâve gotten into trouble. I had to check.â
âIâm glad you did,â I say. âIâm surprised you got them to come with you. Aubrey especially sounded like she wanted to get to your headquarters right away.â
âJac,â Silver replies. âIf you were in trouble, so was Jac. So, we went to the spot you were supposed to find Casper.â
My eyes drift to the hard, tan ground. âWe didnât find him.â
She must have already guessed that. âI found tracks and was able to follow them to Piratesâ Valley,â she continues. âWe didnât enter and we didnât have any run ins with pirates there. Sam was there, though.
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