เข้าสู่ระบบ“That would be the third one today,” Leon said as he and Scarlett watched the man run along the way.Since Leon brought it to her attention they were being watched, he and Scarlett had turned it into a sport to try and spot them.Because of the timing, Scarlett did not need to guess too much who exactly it was that was watching her.Ryan was still as driven as she remembered him being. Now that he had found her again, he would want to remain in contact.Though his way of trying to do so was strange.How did he think she would react when she found out that he sent men to spy on her and her settlement?“Should we just kill them?” Leon asked, eyes dark and annoyed.Scarlett resisted the urge to roll her eyes. “Of course not. It's not like they have done any real harm yet. Just continue to keep an eye on them.”Leon stared after Scarlett as she walked back to the base.If it was anyone else who had attempted to spy on them, they would be dead before they even realized what had happened to
Veronica’s brow lifted as her informant described the scene he had seen with great detail.She turned to him with clear shock written all over her face. “That strong?”For some of the story, she thought he might be exaggerating but Roderick was known for being honest to a fault.He nodded. “I know what I saw. That woman is a beast…she reminds me of the boss.”“That’s enough,” Veronica said, leaning back in her chair as she sighed with exhaustion.It was already enough that the entire settlement had been talking about that Scarlett woman all day. Now, even Roderick was saying that she reminded him of Ryan.“Where did that bitch even come from?” Veronica muttered, pinching the bridge of her nose.Veronica and Ryan had been together for most of the apocalypse. She was the very first woman to join his settlement before the heat even started.All this while, she had been playing to his preferences, presenting herself as a confidante, a safe place.Yet he had never looked at her the way he
The four of them remained in the car for a moment, registering the fact they were still alive.And then, the anger welled up inside them. “That bastard,” Daniel hissed, his hands tight around the steering wheel. “Is he blind?”He was about to lower the glass of the window when Scarlett held his hand to stop him. “That did not look accidental. Let’s see what will happen.”As if she had called it, the car doors of the other car opened simultaneously. Six thugs stepped out of the car, carrying blunt weapons and sneering at Scarlett and her people.The one who looked to be their leader stomped his foot right on the bonnet of the car. “Get out if you do not want us to mess you up.”Scarlett’s eye twitched. She was already in a terrible mood and now, this bastard was trying to piss her off even more.“Should I just kill them?” Leon muttered.“They seem like casual neighborhood thugs,” Cody said. “Only that they messed with the wrong car today.”The leader of the thugs stepped on the bonnet
Ryan stretched his hand towards Leon while wearing a cocky smile. “Hi, I'm Ryan. You?”“Leon,” he replied after a few seconds, looking down at the stretched hand with disdain. Scarlett cleared her throat behind Leon so he reached out and shook Ryan’s hand.“Since this is settled, we should leave,” Scarlett said, staring pointedly at Ryan. “I see no reason to remain here since your people will clean up.”Ryan glanced behind him. His settlement members were holding the members of James’ settlement down but they were watching the interaction between him and Scarlett like a hawk.Scarlett noticed that one person’s gaze was especially sharp. It was the same woman that had thrown a bomb to the building she had been hiding in.Scarlett had not even settled that score yet. The woman had better not crossed her path again.Ryan suddenly moved, blocking Scarlett’s gaze from the woman. “That’s Veronica. She tends to get a little overprotective.”Scarlett clicked her tongue and turned around, goin
When Ryan saw Scarlett, he could not move for ten seconds.He knew Scarlett was strong and would have found a way to survive the apocalypse. He hoped she had.What Ryan did not expect was meeting here like this, on opposite sides of a battlefield.“Ryan, should we kill them?” his deputy leader, Raj said, lowering his gun.Those words snapped him out of his stupor. Without thinking, he knocked Raj’s gun out of his hands. “Lower your guns! All of you!”When he turned back towards Scarlett, she was staring at him with a blank expression.It was just like before; he could never guess what she was thinking. But she recognized him. That was enough for now.James rushed towards Ryan, leaning on one of his soldiers as he limped. “Sir, what is the meaning of this? You promised to help me reclaim my well.”“I did…” Ryan’s eyes drifted back to Scarlett. “You told me that your brother’s settlement stole your water. Are those people a part of your brother’s settlement?”“They are some meddlesome b
Isaac's jaw dropped when the man's body dropped to the ground.“This was not in the plan,” he hissed to Scarlett.“Be quiet,” she snapped back. If they had told him that their strategy was simply brute force, he would have backed out.Leon moved into the settlement and there were a few more gunshots from within and then, everything went silent.They all waited still, half of them fearful that something had gone wrong. Just when Isaac had been about to chicken out and abort the mission, Leon's hand stuck out of the door and shot.That was the signal they had agreed on.“First batch, move out,” Isaac yelled, more panicked than anything.Half of his men stumbled forward clumsily. Leon came running out of the settlement with people shooting at him.As the attackers rushed out, the people at the top of the buildings got ready to snipe.About a dozen people had dropped to the ground before the rest of them realized what was happening.They immediately huddled together, scanning the building







