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Chapter Twenty
Ari looked out over the morning’s horizon. She enjoyed rising from her slumber in time to enjoy the sun waking up for the day. A feeling of euphoria always encompassed her when she saw its rim peeking over the mountain tops. Not only did she derive a special type of pleasure from witnessing the sunrise, but it gave her an idea of what to expect for the day’s weather conditions. On this particular morning, the sun glowed a pinkish red. This meant that the chances of a storm were great.
She waited until the sun had climbed above the mountain’s edge before tending to her morning duties. After stoking the flames in the campfire that she’d thrown together the night before, she set a small pot of coffee close enough for the heat to brew it quickly.
Pulling some day-old biscuits and a few pieces of jerky from her saddle bags, she dribbled a bit of water into a cast iron pan and set both the jerky and the biscuit in it. Setting the pan
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The morning sun was just coming over the horizon, but Ari felt no joy in the prospect of observing it. Thanks to Trevor and his accomplices, it would be a long time before she quit associating the sunrise with what happened to her.“Come, girl,” Olga said in a firm tone. “Let’s watch the sunrise together.”Knowing that Olga was aware of her love for the morning’s light, she could think of no justifiable way to decline. With a sigh of resignation, she joined the older woman who was sitting on a fallen log with her body facing in the direction of the rising sun and wearing a smile of anticipation. Within seconds, Felix joined them.The light that grew stronger with every minute of sunrise showed the three spectators something that they never expected to see. There, in the field where they’d held council just the night before was a small herd of walking dead battling a half dozen creatures that had the body of a
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