Hush (The Infected: Ripped to Shreds Book 1) (41 page)

Scott had taken Bridget away, so
that she wouldn't have to see her former boyfriend's bloody pieces. They were
at least ten miles away or so, by the time the remains were all taken care of.

Marcia didn't speak until she put
the last pat of Earth on the mound, then waved to Lauren, so she could pack it
down. The giant woman felt sickened by it all, seeing the mess that had once
been a man, but also secretly glad. She looked at Cindy and gave a big nod.

"I should have done it. I
wanted to, but..." There was sadness in her voice. Then, there probably
almost always was.

"Nope. This one was mine. My
job. Now, I need new clothing, or Brian is going to think that I'm bad
girlfriend material. All sloppy and stuff. We can't have that." She
might
need him to hesitate some time, after all.

They did find some clothing, and
burned hers. She even got a shower, the facility having that kind of thing.
Then they all waited for Proxy to come back for them, with Marcia stopping him
after he had most of the people returned to the base.

Her face was hard as she looked
around, then totally told on Cindy to the man.

"Our new operative took care
of Clarkson for us. We have what he knows now too, which wasn't much. We need
to find the missing people. Sinclair and Phoebe. We can't really know if
they're being faked or not, at this point." She was serious about that,
but looked over at Cin, and let her mouth smile.

It wasn't a friendly thing.

"Then, if they don't have a
really
good reason for betraying us, I want them taken care of. Like you did with
Clark."

There were only seven of them
left there, Denis and Kerry, Lauren and Tobin, along with her, Marcia and
Proxy. Everyone else had returned to the base already.

"It isn't a nice thing, but
we can't afford to let people go against us like this. We're no closer to
knowing who did it, either. This is probably the most potentially dangerous
situation that I've ever seen. From this point on, we can't trust anyone. Not
even our friends." She meant all of them too, but only Brian understood
that right up front.

Well, Cindy did, too. Reading it
from the space over her boss's head like she was.

She just smiled, meaning it,
feeling much better now. Like her life just might not be totally over, even if
things changed inside of her.

"Don't worry, we can do
this. They can't run and hide forever. Sooner or later we'll get lucky, or
they'll make a mistake, and then well have them." More to the point,
she
would.

On that day, she believed that a
certain killer was going to be a very happy girl, indeed.

Then, still feeling pretty good
about life, they went back to her new base.

Her new home.

 
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Other
books by P.S. Power that you might like
.

(All
books are in the suggested reading order by series.)

Young Ancients: (The First Cycle)

The Builder (Tor's first book)

Knight Esquire (Tor)

Knight of the Realm (Tor)

Ambassador (Tor)

Counselor (Tor)

Slave Line (Tor)

The Dark Half of the Sun (This is the first book with Timon as a
main character)

A Simple Darkness (This one has Tiera)

Ancient Kings (Tor)

Lord of the Sky (Timon)

The Silence Within (Tiera)

Kingdom of Stars (Timon)

Goddess of the Moon (Tiera)

Envoy to Earth (Gerent)

 Strange Land (Sara)

Young Ancients (The Second Cycle)

Lineage (Dareg Canton)

The Infected:
(The super-hero stories)

 (The Beginning Arc)

Proxy (Brian)

Gabriel (Denis)

Cast Iron (Marcia)

Proxy: Reunions (Brian)

Cellophane (Penny)

Goblin (Tobin)

Reunions (Brian)

 Ghost Girl (Becky and Scott)

Impulse: A Whole New Day (Bridgette)

War Day (Brian)

Ripped To Shreds:

Hush

Dead End:
(Zombies, people with powers and the end of the world. Everything
Jake!)

A Very Good Man

A Very Good Neighbor

A Very Good Thing

A Very Dark Place

Dead End: Stories from the End of the World the Definitive
Collection (This has all of the above books, plus a load of short stories from
other perspectives.)

Gwen Farris:
 (The story of a woman who wakes up
in a magical steampunk world. Into a better life than she ever dreamed of.
Which is still pretty darned dark and gritty.)

Abominations

Monsters

Strangers and Lies

Tremble in the Dark

Friends and Enemies

Keeley Thomson:
 (The Greater Demon Universe, in
suggested reading order. There are several sub series, marked in bold below)

Demon Girl

Keelzebub

Mistress of Souls

Demon Trap

Demon Bait

Related works
: 

Christmas of the Vampire

Friendzoned (Becky Hoader. This book takes place in the Greater
Demon Universe, but isn't supernatural, and is instead a coming of age novel.
You'll recognize a lot of other names however! Also there are some things that
will be very different once you know what's going on...)

Other Places:
(Zack Hartley)

Shortcuts

Road Blocks

Detours

Alternate Places:
(Zack Hartley, but a totally
different one! These were the first three books written by P.S. Power. Then
everything changed.)

Mr. Hartley

Between

On The Line (Kaitlyn's first book.)

Eve Benson:
(Everything Eve!)

Finally Dead

 Dead and Everything

Dead Certain

Tyler G.:
(All Tyler!)

Living Proof

The Living and The Dead

Among the Living

The Lament:
(This is a stand alone, complete series.)

Without Rhythm

Off Center

Missing Elements

The Greasepaint Chronicles:
(Mystery series. It's
about a clown that solves crimes. The whole thing is rather dark.)

A Fear of Clowns

Stand Alone Novels:

Josh and Amy: Something to Think About (Soppy author insertion
love story, clearly, as written by a person that clearly has issues with their
past, and a strong fantasy life.)

An Unrelenting Terror (The worst book that P.S. Power ever wrote.
An experimental horror novel. I'd skip it, or at least read it in a dark room,
all in one go.)

Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Tale (Because Thanksgiving has no other
good stories. Now it has one!)

Cheat (A science-fiction novel. Strong MGTOW over tones.) (MGTOW-
Man Going Their Own Way.)

Countess of Desire (Young Ancients Romantic Moments) (Um, this one
is Young Ancients porn. So if you don't like that kind of thing, just give this
one a pass. On the other hand if you
do
like that kind of thing...)

Ijime: The Bullies (As Dan Abe) (Literary novel with an
anti-bullying theme. Very different.)