Rise: Populations Crumble, Book 2 by K. A. Gandy

Author:K. A. Gandy [Gandy, K. A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2021-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

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We arrive at the trailhead to find a grumpy Nell, and an amused Atlas. She’s leaning into his tattooed bicep, nursing a travel cup of coffee.

“We have got to start these excursions a little later in the day from now on. I know it’s important, but I need my beauty sleep, okay? I thought honeymoons were supposed to be all about lying on a beach and lazy afternoons in bed, not all this action and adventure crap.” She blows on the coffee and takes a sip. “Bah! Still too hot.” She grimaces.

Atlas just smirks at her complaints.

“Sorry, Nell, we can start later tomorrow.” I pat her on the shoulder, and she waves me off.

“I have some news from my team. One of the guys brought a drone out, and canvassed the areas we outlined. He did not get a visual on any buildings.”

“Well, shoot. So all this freaking hiking is for nothing? Can we go back to bed then?” Nell interrupts.

“Nope, sorry. He didn’t get a visual on a building; however, we still have a lead.”

“What did he find?” Patrick asks, eagerness coloring his tone.

“It’s not what he found, it’s what they didn’t want him to find. He searched seventy-five percent of the area without issue, and then something shot the drone down. The last thing the camera caught before it was destroyed was a black combat boot.”

The only sound is of our boots crunching up the dried fallen leaves in the path as we all take in this new turn of events.

Patrick is the first to speak. “Was the area near one of the main roads? Every honeymoon resort and NLC has guards. They may have assumed it was being used to plan another kidnapping attempt.”

“That was my first instinct as well, but he sent over the coordinates this morning. It’s nearly dead center to a patch of unmarked woods on your hiking map.”

A shiver rolls down my spine. “What is a guard doing in the middle of empty woods?”

“That’s the million-dollar question,” Atlas responds.

We walk for another ten minutes before Atlas stops and pulls the map out of the small pack on his back. He’s marked a red X on the spot where the drone went down.

“That’s on the other side of the grounds. So, this hike is probably a bust today,” I say with disappointment.

“Not entirely,” Patrick says, “This is our last hike on this side of the grounds. If we finish them all, we’ll have a good reason to go further afield without raising suspicion. We take this hike today, and next week we focus on hiking that side.”

“None of the trails go anywhere close to that area,” I point out, unclear how more hiking is going to help us.

“I guess it’s time to tell the staff about our latent love of camping,” Atlas says drily.

Nell’s only response is a weary groan.

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