The Zero Trilogy (Book 3): End of Day
“She cried as she drove, great, heaving sobs that wracked her body and stole the air from her lungs. Bravo could not console her. For the first time since Day Zero, since the end of the world, she was crying. Finally, truly, crying.
She struggled to stay on the road, whizzing down an empty freeway, passing abandoned towns and roadside rest stops. She stopped for nothing. When dawn came, she saw it.
Sacramento.
The outline of the city was beautiful and regal against the pink sunrise. It stood alo...ne, the only object on a horizon preceded by miles of wet marshlands. The closer they got, the faster she drove.
Help. Safety. That’s all she wanted.
And then, suddenly, there was a massive blockade. Elle’s heart dropped. For a split second, she was terrified that they had fallen prey to yet another Omega ambush. But she saw an American flag, and recognized American uniforms. Sand bags, concrete barriers and pickup trucks. Watchtowers. The California State Flag flying beneath the American one.MoreLess
She struggled to stay on the road, whizzing down an empty freeway, passing abandoned towns and roadside rest stops. She stopped for nothing. When dawn came, she saw it.
Sacramento.
The outline of the city was beautiful and regal against the pink sunrise. It stood alo...ne, the only object on a horizon preceded by miles of wet marshlands. The closer they got, the faster she drove.
Help. Safety. That’s all she wanted.
And then, suddenly, there was a massive blockade. Elle’s heart dropped. For a split second, she was terrified that they had fallen prey to yet another Omega ambush. But she saw an American flag, and recognized American uniforms. Sand bags, concrete barriers and pickup trucks. Watchtowers. The California State Flag flying beneath the American one.MoreLess
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