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Winter – Chapter 20 – 06

            Her name was Phillipa, and she’d been a student at Northern before things went to shit.  We found that out as we stood near the pyre, watching bodies burn down to ash and nothing.  After a while, Matt took … Continue reading

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Winter – Chapter 20 – 05

            If it hadn’t been so cold that day, the bodies might have started to smell already.  I tried not to look at their faces—at the faces of the dead, of the men we’d killed to defend ourselves.             Is … Continue reading

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Winter – Chapter 20 – 04

            Rory gave me a dirty look as I fell into step with him.  “I thought I told you to stay with Thom.             I shook my head.  “I can’t help him right now and if I stay, Jacqueline’s only … Continue reading

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Winter – Chapter 20 – 03

            I was watching Jacqueline finish up with Thom and nursing a lip I’d bitten bloody.  Jacqueline didn’t curse much, but she’d cursed today, and a lot, mostly aspersions on Thom’s character and on his ability to get himself hurt, … Continue reading

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Winter – Chapter 20 – 02

            Jacqueline appeared a few minutes later and immediately took charge.  She brought Davon along to help her carry Thom back to the fire.             “How’s it look?” she asked Carolyn as she crowded in between us.             “Hasn’t stopped … Continue reading

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Winter – Chapter 20 – 01

            It all happened too quickly.             One second, Thom was negotiating with the band’s leader, the next he was on the ground.  I didn’t even see Phelan draw and fire the first shot, though I saw the head raider … Continue reading

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