Four Horses by Britni Rose Blue

Author:Britni Rose Blue [Blue, Britni Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter nine

Ryder

Ryder ransacked every drawer and cupboard in the house. He found no food or anything else that might be of value to him. No booze, tobacco products, or pills.

“I can’t even find a flashlight!” Ryder screeched as he ripped a drawer out of a dresser and tossed it on the ground.

The sun was setting. Their only light soon would be from the fireplace. Briar grabbed her pack and meandered to the nearest bedroom.

“I’m going to go lie down before I can’t see anything,” she said to the boys. “C’mon, Molly.” Molly eagerly stood up from her spot on the floor and followed Briar into the bedroom. The door quietly shut behind them.

“Do you want first watch or second?” Colton asked.

“First,” Ryder said. “I was always good at staying up late.”

Colton left the living room and walked into the restroom. Ryder rummaged through his backpack and pulled out an empty bottle of pills. The prescription label had his name on it with typed instructions from his psychiatric doctor. Ryder tried to rack his brain and remember what the side effects would be from abrupt withdrawal. Then he chose not to worry. He did not believe he needed the pills. He knew doctors to be nothing other than pill dispensers. He was their guinea pig, and he knew it. Each time he sat on the bed in the patient room and watched her take notes on the pad, he wondered where those notes were going or who they were being sent to. The pills were only useful in keeping him in a zombified state. Without the pills, he would likely find out what was really going on around him. Then they would be sorry.

Colton emerged from the restroom and plopped down on the couch. He pulled his ball cap over his eyes and fell asleep. Ryder sat on the floor leaning against the couch. Neither of them had weapons. Their only plan was to hopefully hear someone walking outside the house. This would allow them to sneak out a window and get a running head start, albeit tripping through the dark.

The sound of Colton’s soft snoring turned to a white noise. The nights at the camp were never this quiet. Ryder was reminded of his time shortly after the warheads fell when he sat all alone in his apartment. The only break in silence was hungry screams. The deep sounds of snoring and the clock ticking on the wall lulled Ryder into sleep.

He was back at his apartment, sitting on the hard floor by his window. He pulled the blanket hanging over the window back just enough to peer outside. The sky burned with fire. People on fire ran screaming down the streets. Then four riders on horses appeared from the flames. A white horse led the charge. A rider on a red horse followed carrying a flaming torch. A skinny black horse galloped after them with a rider cloaked in black. Then the skeleton of a horse floated behind them. Each of the horses and riders stopped and formed a line in front of Ryder.

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