“Oh my God,” she said. “I’ve never been happier…”
“Me either,” Rob said, stroking her hair. “Me either.”
He lowered her down as their lips pressed hard against each other. “I had faith,” she whispered. “Faith that we would get you back.”
Rob looked up and surveyed the scene as the sheriff walked up the stairs in slow, confident strides. Bodies of Arthur’s men lay everywhere. It was a bloodbath. He backed away and looked at Mila, surprised. “You did this?”
She touched her hair and gave him an innocent expression. “I may have had something to do with organizing it.”
Phelps ran from the building, carrying a bag, and handed it to Layish. “Here you go, Doc.”
Mila looked down and gasped. “Carlos!”
“It’s okay,” Rob said, holding her. “Dr. Layish here is going to take care of him.”
Carlos continued mumbling about Antonio and revenge, but he had remained conscious, and that’s what mattered, as Layish went to work on his wound. The sheriff came up and touched Mila on the shoulder.
“Looks like you gave us a Buick,” he said with a smile.
She turned, smiled, and looked back at Rob. “Rob, this is Sheriff Dawson.”
“You must be the man she did all this work for,” the sheriff said. “Nice to meet you.”
Rob gave him a handshake, threw an arm over his shoulder, and thanked him, and thanked him again.
“Not a problem. Couple of my men got hit, but we’re dealing with it. Looks like ol’ Carlos took a bullet too.”
“He’ll be okay,” Rob said. “He’s a fighter.” He wanted more than anything to believe it.
The sheriff cocked his head back and noticed Arthur slowly crawling away and trying to get to his pistol.
“Hey, I know him,” he said, pointing.
Rob and Mila turned to look. Rob took a step forward, only to have Mila grab his arm. “No,” she said as he turned to look at her. “I want to have a word with him.”
She stepped past Carlos and approached the mayor while pulling out her revolver.
“Hey!” Rob said, running over to them.
Mila kicked Arthur with her boot. He grunted and fell on his back, spitting blood. Mila stood directly over him, her legs straddling both sides of him. She raised her gun and aimed at his face.
“All the pain you’ve caused. All the lives you’ve destroyed. I can only think of one thing to do with you.”
Rob slowed his pace and approached her cautiously with his hands up. “That’s enough, Mila. He needs to answer for his crimes.”
She looked over at him. “In what world will that happen?”
Rob delicately touched Mila’s arm, pulling the gun down. “Don’t give him an easy way out. He doesn’t deserve it.”
Clearly conflicted, Mila’s shoulders shook as tears streamed down her cheeks. “He deserves to die, just like his horrible gang.”
“No, Mila,” Rob said. “We can’t decide that anymore.”
She lowered the gun completely as Rob wrapped her arms around her and squeezed. “Those days are over.”
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Lights Out EMP Super Boxset
Static: White Noise-Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Static: Fade to Gray-Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 – One Month Later
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Static: Blackout-Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 – One Month Later
Grid Down-Chapter 1
Two Months After
Two Months Before
Adapt or Die
EMP on a Monday Morning
Blackout
Unstoppable
On the Road
Big Apple
Operation Urban Breach
Race to the Cabin
Refuge
Before the Attack
The Mountain People
Suburban Gulag
Community
Discipline
The Hospital
Moratorium
Supply and Demand
Confrontation
Civil War
New Arrivals
Bloody Tuesday
A Proposition
Some Kind of Hope
The Trade-off
Dark Days
The Messenger
Unknown Town
Coalition
Civil War
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