The Goliath Code (The Alpha Omega Trilogy) by Suzanne Leonhard

Author:Suzanne Leonhard [Leonhard, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KC Publishing
Published: 2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I woke up on the sofa in Grandpa’s house. Staring at the ceiling, I blinked to clear my vision and moaned at the ache in my head.

Milly sat beside me. “She’s awake.”

Tim’s face appeared in front of mine. “Did he say anything to you?”

I wasn’t sure what he meant. “H-how did I get here?” The last thing I remembered was standing on stage as the praetor handed out medals.

“Give her a minute,” Milly instructed.

“What the hell have you done?” David shouted. I squinted across the room and saw him pacing back and forth in front of the fireplace.

“Chill out, David.” Ben, standing by the front door, slammed a banana clip into his M16 and lifted the edge of the curtain to look out the window.

Jude had his rifle loaded and shouldered. “Anything?” he asked his brother.

“Nothing yet,” Ben replied.

I tried to sit up, but my head instantly rebelled and I laid back down. “W-what happened?”

My brother stormed toward me. “I’ll tell you what happened! You just destroyed any chance this town ever had at survival!”

Milly surged to her feet. “At least give her time to catch her breath before you go blamin’ her for the end of the world!”

I held my aching head and tried to clear the haze. “Could somebody please tell me what’s going on?”

Milly turned and looked at me with tears pooling in her eyes. “They’ve arrested Grandpa.”

The world fell out from under my feet. It all came rushing back: the festival, the stage, the bomb. I pushed into a sitting position, ignoring my spinning head.

“Arrested!” David yelled savagely. “And for what? Trying to kill a man who wants to help us!”

This time Jude stepped in front of him. “Calm down—”

“Calm down?” David laughed. “You blow up a stage full of people, and you want me to calm down?”

I stared at him in shock. “You think we blew up the stage?”

“Of course he does.” Ben’s opinion of my brother had hit rock bottom.

Tim couldn’t believe it either. “How can you think we’d be capable of doin’ somethin’ like that?”

“Because his new best buddy is Europa,” Ben snarled.

David threw up his hands. “I give up. What do you have against them? Is it the abundance of food and water?” He flipped the switch on the wall, turning on the lights over the fireplace. “The electricity, perhaps? Or are you just jealous that nobody needs the precious 1st Cascade Militia anymore?”

“They’re an invading force!” Ben shouted at him. “Wrapped up in a pretty bow!”

David snorted. “Next you’re going to tell me that the praetor planted the bomb, hoping to kill himself.”

“It was obviously the Skaggs,” Milly interjected. “They found a red ‘S’ painted on the roof of the park gazebo, just like at the café.”

David laughed. “Well, score another one for mindless Milly. You think the Skaggs blew up a stage full of Skaggs?”

Jude bent down to look David in the eye. “You talk to her like that again and I’m putting my foot through your face.”

David waved him off, but moved further across the room.

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