Grant Us Mercy: Installment Six: Post-Apocalyptic Survival Fiction by D. C. Little

Author:D. C. Little [Little, D. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B081NWNRD1
Goodreads: 49967710
Publisher: Carson River Publishing
Published: 2020-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

~7~

B lake paced under the protection of the trees. When would this storm end? God had answered his prayers for mercy before. Maybe he would answer it again. For right now, if a break didn’t come soon, he might not make it without killing someone.

If he counted how many times he regretted opening up his home to others, it would drive him mad. Yet others had even fuller dwellings, like Arland. That man could scarcely breathe, much less move in his shelter.

As if his thoughts brought him out, Arland followed his tracks toward where he stood in the forest.

“You look like a wild animal trapped in a zoo,” Arland said as a greeting.

“You must feel the same,” Blake said, stopping his pacing long enough to shake his friend’s hand.

“I’m wishing for a weather forecast like the old days so we could at least have hope for a day of clear skies to look forward to.”

“It has been a long four days.”

“It has.” Arland swiped down his face, the circles under his eyes stating just how long the nights had been.

“At least Brent and his family have their own dwelling now, thanks to you and the others.”

“His wife still improving?” Blake asked, feeling somewhat attached since he had been repeatedly told that he had saved her life, a fact that Brent despised him even more for.

“She is, because of you.”

“And the boy?”

“Healthy and surly, just as always.” Arland’s eyebrows furrowed like the thought of the boy’s bad attitude worried him.

“Like father, like son.”

“Unfortunate truth at times.”

“And Hannah?” At times Blake felt awful for not keeping better track of the girl he had rescued, or rather his wife had rescued, at the start of this new world.

“It’s strange seeing her with Tyler.”

“I bet.” Blake tugged on his beanie. He didn’t want to think about Mercy growing up and having a boyfriend.

“Tyler has talked to me about marriage.”

“What?!” Blake choked on the word. “She’s only eighteen.”

“So, it’s not just me being overprotective?” Arland glanced at him like he thought he might be the only one that thought that way.

“No, man. I mean, so much changes between eighteen and your mid-twenties, and marriage is a lifetime commitment.”

“Yeah, lifelong,” Arland said, his gaze traveling back toward camp. “What do you think about Laurie?”

Blake stopped moving and looked at his friend. He didn’t know if most men talked about stuff like this, but in the trenches when death seemed inevitable, men spoke more freely, sharing things they normally wouldn’t. So it wasn’t new to him, though he was surprised by Arland going there.

“She’s a steadfast gal,” Blake said carefully.

He knew Kris thought they should just go for it. Both Arland and Laurie had lost their spouses, and it was obvious that there was more than just physical attraction between the two of them...or so she said at least. He didn’t dig into thoughts like that.

“She is. This community wouldn’t have come this far without her.” Arland rubbed his gloved hands together.

The cold was impregnable, but men like he and Arland could only handle so much of the cramped quarters.

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