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Katie looked toward Travis and he sighed The world was dangerous enough without human predators to add to theabout finding a replaceood fucks they had

That they needed uys back at their ca off her cigarette and her eyes becaerous "I had my sniper rifle, so Iher; she’s dead But with the silencer and those idiots et up and charge thee on the one who had been kicking her The other an to panic and some shot at her"

Nerit paused and smiled, "I shot the weapons out of their hands and let her have them All of them And when they rose, I put theirl, her peace"

They were all speechless What could they say? Travis was at an utter loss What Nerit had seen and experienced was beyond anything he had encountered He felt sick to his stomach and afraid

"I went across the street, back hoot hiut wound and fatal So I gave him morphine and sat with him, held his hand, until the end" Tears streamed down her face, but her expression was stoic "I sat with ainst his temple and waited But after his last breath, he didn’t stir again I covered his body with a blanket and closed the door"

"Why didn’t you call us?" Katie asked

"And risk those otherwhere I was? I didn’t dare I just packed up asand started out late last night" Nerit stubbed out the cigarette and sighed "I was afraid to be on the road knowing those bandits are out there"

"We need to uards," Travis said softly

"I need to finish the gates," Juan said standing up "We can’t take any risks if we have more to worry about than just zo down her face "If they’ll just shoot an old ht ould they do to us?"

Katie had her ar her "We need to just make sure we are ready for them if they do show up"

Travis nodded and walked over to Nerit and laid a gentle hand on her shoulder "I’htly "And he liked you But he did teach us one final important lesson"

"What’s that?"

"It’s the bite that brings the to fear frohed and rubbed the bridge of her nose with her fingers "And for that, I aue

The reality of the neorld, in all its brutal and violent glory, had enveloped the Fort Not only was the threat from without, but also from within A murder had been coation instigated by Bill, the murderer was not found

There was so about a zo a peaceful death was a comfort to those who knew him in life or over the CB

Nerit found a place for herself in the Fort relatively quickly She had one true desire: to keep going No one stopped her when she immediately found work to do

Juan and Travis worked tirelessly on the gate syste a few breaks to sleep or eat The construction crews not only fixed the first gate following Travis’ plans, but erected the second gate as well Incorporating the old newspaper building into the Fort, they soon had a working garage The only probleri had sat derelict and to clean it out completely would take weeks or maybe months It was inhospitable They needed the hotel

Meanwhile, Katie, Nerit, Jenni and other volunteers worked hard on construction of a gated entrance that would open to the hotel Nerit see, Tucker, and Jack sat nearby watching it all with great interest Katie and Jenni threw the so hard they could barely stand the pain of their aching ave up his bed to Nerit and e boy survivor Jack reluctantly ith hi<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>