The City Series (Book 3): Instauration by Lyons Fleming Sarah

Author:Lyons Fleming, Sarah [Lyons Fleming, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

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After a check of the tracks to be sure he’s alone, we allow Roger inside, where he sits in The Box with a hangdog expression. He’s answered our questions with the information that neither Emilio or Kearney are in StuyTown and the residents are safe for now—barring the ones who became zombies. According to Roger, two hundred residents remain.

“How did you know Walt was your brother?” Kate asks.

“Walter’s his middle name,” Roger says. “Young was our mother’s maiden name. The first time I heard Eri—you guys say it, I thought it was him. But I swear I didn’t want this to happen. I want to help.”

I clench my fists in my lap. He knew for months. And didn’t say a word. He mined our brains for information and used it against us, all while pretending to be a friend. “Kill your brother,” I say. “That’s all the help we need.”

“It’s more than just him,” Roger says. “But I can’t. He keeps my insulin somewhere and he won’t tell me where it is. If I kill him, I kill myself.”

“Like we care.”

His flinch makes me happy, as does the way he seems to shrink more than he already has. If I can’t actually shoot him, I can fire words at him until he bleeds—metaphorical blood, of course.

“Micah will need help getting them out,” he says. “Everyone is okay right now. Jeff—Walt—he’s not hurting anyone.”

“Else,” I say. “Anyone else. How about the hundred or so people in Sunset Park, and everyone since?”

“Not helping, Sylvie,” Kate says.

I cross my arms and open my mouth. Indy whispers, “Shut up for half a second.”

I close my mouth. The apocalypse has taught me nothing if it hasn’t taught me when to shut up. I don’t always listen, but I know when I should.

“What about everyone in StuyTown?” Jorge asks.

“Walt put everything back in order after the first…” He stops abruptly, shrinking a little more. “I guess most people don’t care who’s in charge, as long as their lives stay the same.”

Kate winces. “So much for loyalty.”

Roger picks at a thread on his black jeans. “They also know that if they try anything, they could get put outside the gates.”

“Like Debra,” Indy says.

Roger’s head snaps up. “You know about that? She tried to attack him with a kitchen knife, so he made her an example.”

I want to high-five Debra, give her a hug, and then find her every Precious Moments figurine on Earth. I hope Heaven is a Precious Moments store and she has a limitless gift card. It’s never the ones you think.

“We saw it,” Kate says. “And we saw the bodies of the others.”

“That was everyone he didn’t like from before. Anyone who he thought would fight him, and anyone who tried.”

Kate breathes deep, reining in her formidable temper. “How can we get the others out?”

“I don’t know yet. Micah said after things calm down, we’ll figure out a way.”

More waiting. I shove back my chair and stamp for the terrace, where I light a cigarette.

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