Havoc Endures: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Outlaws of the Midwest Book 3) by Jack Hunt

Author:Jack Hunt [Hunt, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Direct Response Publishing
Published: 2020-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

13

Hannibal, Missouri

Escorted by six armed men and women, they were taken to a lavish nineteenth-century home called Rockcliffe Mansion. Perched on top of the rocky limestone knoll in the heart of the city, the enormous three-story home with a red roof looked out of place as if the world around it had moved on and modernized while it remained stuck in the Gilded Age.

Tex marveled at the sight of large white columns and porches that towered above them as they approached.

They came to learn that it had once been a B&B with thirty rooms, ten fireplaces, and antique furnishings that had been preserved. Also, the owners had offered daily tours. Now it was being used as the central hub for operations in the city.

With Selena confident that Gareth could help, Miles felt hopeful as they were led inside and basked in the sight of late Victorian and Art Nouveau décor. Standing inside the central hall, waiting for Gareth to come down, Miles took in the reception room with gilded wallpaper and quarter-sawn oak paneling. There was a grand piano in the music room with several guys sitting nearby in deep discussion. They glanced their way for just a second before returning to the conversation. Tex ran his hands over thick velvet drapes and stood back from the white onyx fireplace, eyeing it at an angle with one eye closed as he puffed on his cigar.

It smelled musty inside, like an old antique store with unopened windows.

Observed by suspicious armed residents, Miles took a seat on a plush sofa, his fingers drumming out a beat on his leg as he stared out a large Palladian window. A moment later, Selena returned with a tall, broad-shouldered man who was wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and highly polished brown shoes. The two top buttons on the shirt were undone. His style looked unusual for someone in the thick of an apocalypse. He had a full head of curly black hair, and like everyone else, he was wearing a holster though his was strapped beneath his suit. Miles just caught sight of the gun butt.

“Miles, this is Gareth.”

He rose and greeted him with a handshake.

“I hear you are searching for your father?”

“That’s right.”

“You have a description? It’s just we have a lot of people here, I’m sure not all of them go by their original names.”

He gave him the last description he could remember before he headed off to war.

“It was over five years ago that I last saw him. He’s probably changed a lot.”

“Selena says his name is Grant Arrington?”

“That’s right.”

He crossed the room and walked into a study where he took out a large book, flipped it open, and thumbed through it. His finger scanned the pages then he shook his head. “Nope. I mean, he could be here but we don’t have anyone under that name.”

“You keep track of names?”

He turned back to him. “To run a tight ship you have to.” He regarded him with a smile. “By the way, who told you he was here?”

“Someone.

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