Survive For My Love by Heather Thurmeier

Author:Heather Thurmeier [Thurmeier, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Prepper Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2014-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Sara forced one foot in front of the other, counting the steps to ten then repeating the process again. To say she was exhausted would be a gross understatement. On the verge of complete collapse would be closer to the truth.

But she had to keep going.

How far? So tired. Keep going.

Time and distance were immeasurable. She’d counted to ten for about the millionth time, or at least it felt like it, and she’d gone off in the opposite direction of where she thought she’d left the men. If she guessed right, she hoped she headed toward southeast and the river.

How had the world fallen to shit so fast? Everywhere she went, people wanted to hurt her or strip her of her supplies. Or worse. How had humanity fallen into such a state of depravity?

Hadn’t she stolen property from vehicles without knowing where the occupants were? Hadn’t she lied to keep her secret bunker safe instead of sharing with those who had less? Hadn’t she killed to protect her own skin?

She was just as disgusting as the rest of the human race.

Without time to dwell on such thoughts, she focused on moving forward, putting one foot in front of the other.

Just ahead of her, something reflected into her eyes, blinding her. She squinted, holding her hand up, and crept forward, making sure to stay as quiet as she could.

A few minutes later, she reached a break in the trees and found sunlight reflecting off the metal frame around the windows of a vehicle. A road. At last.

She stepped onto the pavement, and daggers shot through her feet. In the forest, she’d forced herself not to focus on a problem she could do nothing about, but with the possibility of shoes or medical supplies in every car, the pain flared to life.

The first truck sat empty with its doors hanging open as if its occupants had left in a hurry. She popped the trunk to find it empty as well. The next three were more of the same. Her breath wavered as she limped to the last vehicle nearby. Peeking in the window, she spied a duffle bag.

“Please, please, please,” she whimpered, pulling on the door handles until she found an unlocked one. Crawling onto the back seat of the car, her body clenched with waves of pain from the stress of her journey.

She felt like a child opening a Christmas present—the anticipation of the unknown lying in her lap and the hope it would contain what she most desperately wanted. Or in this case, needed.

The duffle bag gave off a pungent smell of something familiar yet strange. Inside, she found gym clothes. The shirt resembled the size of a blanket. If it hadn’t been for the stench of old sweat and a gym locker room, she might have even considered using it. But the smell of filth spoke of too many possible germs to risk using the shirt for any purpose.

Tossing the bag and all its contents to the floor, she closed the car door, curled up on her side on the seat, and cried.

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