“We can find more sometime,” Kieran said. “Take it. You are the someone that needs it.”
Shawn looked at me and I nodded. He swallowed down the pill.
That night, we all stayed in the main house. Two people were on watch at any time.
We were fortunate we had more weapons but we weren’t lucky that no one really felt comfortable using them. Even still, no one refused to hold one.
It was late when Shawn and I made our way to the bedroom. I felt selfish for taking time to rest after everything that had happened but there really wasn’t anything left to do… at least not until morning.
We’d have to get serious about our backup plan. Figure out the escape route and make sure the basement would be secure for when the people from the northern town returned.
I turned on my side and stared at Shawn. He couldn’t turn his body due to his bandaged shoulder.
“What?” he asked with a smile as he turned his head stiffly.
“Just looking at you,” I said.
“That’s not like you,” Shawn said. “Should I be worried?”
I smiled but it quickly vanished. “I was so worried. Still am, to be honest.”
“It hurts but I’m fine,” Shawn said reaching over to take my hand into his.
“I don’t want to lose you,” I said looking at his shoulder.
“It’s going to take a lot more than that to get rid of me,” Shawn said squeezing my hand. “We need to get to work on our plan… they’ll come here eventually.”
I exhaled slowly. “I know.”
“And it’ll probably be a bigger group,” Shawn said.
“We’ll work on the basement first thing tomorrow,” I said.
“Sure, we can do that but also, I kind of think we should fight for what we have,” he said.
I looked up, narrowing my eyes at him. “Did you hit your head on something?”
“Maybe,” Shawn said with a stiff chuckle. “This place houses everything that keeps us alive.”
“We’re not fighters.”
“Are you sure about that?” Shawn asked. “I saw a group of fighters today.”
I rolled over onto my back but I didn’t let go of Shawn’s hand. “I guess we have a lot of stuff to figure out.”
“Yeah, but I really believe we’ll be okay,” Shawn said. “There is a good chance this place is the last safe place out there. Everything else could be gone. I don’t think we should give it up easily.”
“We’re outnumbered,” I said.
“Then we’ll have to outsmart them,” Shawn said with a yawn that stretched his mouth. “We’ll figure it out.”
I kissed him on the cheek and within seconds, his breathing slowed. Sleep hit him hard.
I wasn’t entirely sure what we could do to stay safe. We’d hide stuff in the basement and come up with a plan. Beyond that, I didn’t know.
Shawn was probably right. What we had was valuable. Not just our supplies and the shelter but the group we had. We all worked together. We all wanted the same thing.
We all wanted to survive. And after seeing what Lucy had done, I was pretty sure I was right. No one wanted to go down without a fight.
Our group wasn’t big but we were tough. And we were smart.
This was our home. I would figure out a way to keep it that way.
No. We would figure it out together.
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Books By Kellee L. Greene
The Reset Series
Flood - Book 1
Sinking - Book 2
Drowned - Book 3
Swamp - Book 4
Torrent - Book 5
Book 6 - Coming soon!
What Remains Series
Sickness - Book 1
Outpost - Book 2
Infected - Book 3
Evasion - Book 4
Red Sky Series
Red Sky - Book 1
Blue Cloud - Book 2
Black Rain - Book 3
White Dust - Book 4
Indigo Ice - Book 5
Yellow Heat - Book 6
Ravaged Land Series (1)
Ravaged Land -Book 1
Finding Home - Book 2
Crashing Down - Book 3
Running Away - Book 4
Escaping Fear - Book 5
Fighting Back - Book 6
Ravaged Land: Divided Series (2)
The Last Disaster - Book 1
The Last Remnants - Book 2
The Last Struggle - Book 3
Ravaged Land: Eventuality Series (3)
The Wall - Book 1
The Outside - Book 2
Falling Darkness Series
Unholy - Book 1
Uprising - Book 2
Hunted - Book 3
The Island Series
The Island - Book 1
The Fight - Book 2
The Escape - Book 3
The Erased - Book 4
From Below Series
Creatures - Book 1
Desolation - Book 2
The Alien Invasion Series
The Landing - Book 1
The Aftermath - Book 2
Destined Realms Series
Destined - Book 1
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Kellee L. Greene is a stay-at-home-mom to two super awesome and wonderfully sassy children. She loves to read, draw and spend time with her family when she’s not writing. Writing and having people read her books has been a long time dream of hers and she’s excited to write more. Her favorites genres are Fantasy and Sci-fi. Kellee lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two kids and two cats.
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