“I still don’t understand why Whit won’t take dogs on his retreats,” I say.
My father puts a hand on my shoulder and walks with me back toward our home. “He has his own way of doing things,” he replies.
We reach the main encampment. The smell of dinners cooking and warm puffs of smoke exiting the crowns of the yurts makes my stomach rumble.
Dad and I push through the door flaps to see Beckett and Neruda lying lazily by the fire, keeping watch over the steaming stew pot.
“So how is my warrior princess?” he asks as I hang my crossbow from a side beam and begin shucking off my moccasins and parka. “Did Whit say he was sending you hunting?” he asks.
“I leave tomorrow morning,” I respond as he begins ladling out bowls of moose stew. He hands me a bowl and spoon, and I join him in front of the fire. I blow on a steaming spoonful of meat and take a bite. Nestled in the warmth and security of our yurt, I think for the thousandth time of how lucky we are. Dad and I have each other. We have a good life, while the world outside our boundaries is nothing but radioactive waste, bands of marauding brigands, and for anyone else who might have survived World War III, an existence filled with misery and despair.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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AMY PLUM is the international bestselling author of After the End and the Die for Me series. She spent her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, her twenties in Chicago and Paris, and several more years in London, New York, and the Loire Valley. Now she lives in Paris and swears she’ll never move again. You can visit Amy online at www.amyplumbooks.com.
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BOOKS BY AMY PLUM
After the End
Until the Beginning
The Die for Me series
Die for Me
Until I Die
If I Should Die
Die for Her: A Die for Me Digital Novella
Die Once More: A Die for Me Digital Novella
Inside the World of Die for Me
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