Chapter 144: Sothing Is Coming
I stared out the window in the kitchen as the camp was hit by a bad snowstorm, the windows on the north side of the house starting to ice over.
Unable to stop my smile, I watched the snowflakes dancing in the air like we were caught in a snow globe.
Snow like this used to drive
crazy when I was living in Toronto. It was sticky and heavy, great for building forts and snown, but almost impossible to shovel without putting out your back.
"Do you have any chocolate bars left?" I asked, knowing that Rip was right behind . I wanted a glass of hot chocolate, but without milk, it wouldn’t taste the sa.
I had milk and hot chocolate mix in the bunkers, but that didn’t do
any good when I was half a country away.
"I do," muttered Rip as he reached over top of my head and opened a cupboard. He grabbed the first chocolate bar he could find, but I held his arm, making him freeze.
"I’ll take the cookies and cream, please," I said with a smile as I saw the familiar white and blue wrapper. I loved white chocolate, and that was one of my go-tos. Rip looked at
like I was crazy, not knowing which one I was referring to.
I pointed to the one I wanted, and he grabbed it for .
Unwrapping the bar, I took a small bite and moaned as the chocolate lted in my mouth, giving
a hit of sugar. Living here for over a year now had pretty much cured
of my addiction to sugar and energy drinks, but like any addict, I still had my cravings that never went away.
"You know I will get you out of here..." murmured Rip as he wrapped his arms around
from behind.
"I know," I agreed. And I did. I knew that Rip would do everything in his power short of painting a target on my back to get
out of there.
But on days like this, where the snow fell gently, encasing us in our own little world, I could pretend that the EMP never hit and I wasn’t trapped in Camp Hell.
I rested my full weight against Rip and let out a sigh of contentnt. "This will be our future," he growled in my ear. "One day, you and I will be in a cabin just like this, looking at a lake in the middle of a snowstorm, and we will look back on this mont and know that this was all worth it."
I nodded, knowing that he was right, but there was still a part of
that wished...
Well, if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
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"Get the cage; everyone is going back to where they should be," growled Alpha from where he sat on our couch, sneering at .
Spring had co, and the snow lted under the heat of the sun. Both Rip and I knew that it was only a matter of ti before everything had returned to normal, but each day was a blessing that we didn’t want to take for granted.
"They stink," whined Alpha, like it was our plan to drive him crazy from the sll of his captives, but here we are.
"I’m sure if you let them use the washroom and take a shower once in a while, the sll wouldn’t be a problem," shot back Rip, raising an eyebrow to look at Alpha.
The truce between the two Reavers was a line in the sand getting thinner and thinner with every interaction.
"They are animals; they don’t get toilets and showers," answered Alpha with a wave of his hand.
"Then don’t be surprised that they stink." Rip’s temper was getting shorter, and while he had never turned it on , I knew that the others in the camp weren’t so lucky.
And it made
so happy.
"I don’t give a fuck what you think. If you want to run this place, then you know what you need to do. Until then, shut the fuck up and fall in line," growled Alpha, coming to his feet from where he sat on the couch.
He went toe to toe with Rip as if daring the other man to strike, but Rip wasn’t that easy to provoke.
However, that didn’t an that Alpha wasn’t. When Rip refused to back down, it was Alpha who had to avert his eyes and take a step back.
"We should be getting our latest group of fighters. I expect you to be in the ring tonight. I’ll be sure to keep an eye on the Healer when you are otherwise occupied." With those parting words, Alpha stord out of our cabin, leaving Rip staring at his back.
"I don’t think I am going to be able to hold on much longer," he admitted, running his fingers through his hair. I nodded my understanding. I would be safe in my cage. Only Rip had my key, and I knew he wouldn’t be handing it over to anyone else. If he wanted to bring down the Alpha and take over his position, then that was fine.
"Whatever you need to do," I assured him. It was never a question on my end. I would stand beside him no matter what and drain the life out of those I could. "Co on, Big Guy, let’s get
back outside and into the sun."
Now that we had our marching orders, there was no point in postponing the inevitable.
Rip grunted but didn’t et my eyes. He hated this more than I did, and that fact alone was enough to make
smile.
This ti, when he crouched down in front of , he made sure to snap the lock closed so that no one could open my door but him from here on out.
"Love you," I murmured, not sure if he could hear
or not. But I needed to say the words. I had no idea what would happen in the future, but my skin was buzzing like sothing big was going to happen soon.
The last ti I felt like this, Bai Long Qiang walked out of our front door for the last ti, and the apocalypse ca.
I wouldn’t hold back my feelings or my tongue this ti.
"Sothing is coming," I continued, looking into his eyes, praying that he would believe . "Sothing big."
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