The Village King

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Author: Eddie McGarrity
Tags: thriller, Suspense, Science-Fiction, adventure, Mystery, Action
untouched.”
    “Believe me, it’s been touched,”
said Stephen. He gestured out to the horizon. The sea was flat calm and it met
the grey sky at an empty thin line. “It looks nice. But the virus got most of
the place, teams of tough guys got some more. People left, I think, but they’ve
picked up other people.”
    “People like you?”
    “Oh, there’s no-one like me,” he
said. She smiled at him, a reward for trying to be charming. “But Morgan and
his men showed up a year ago and are slowly picking it clean. See here?” He
pointed to where the path ended at an open area of grass land which had three
cows grazing on it. “This whole village was covered with cows seemingly.
Morgan’s men have butchered most of them.”
    They arrived at the grassy area,
which sat just above a pebble shoreline. The cows looked at them. Fascinated,
Karen moved towards them. Alana pulled her back. The girl didn’t resist.
Stephen looked over at Gary and Phil loping through the distillery, then turned
back to Karen. “She never says much.”
    “She does to me.” Alana kept her
side to Stephen, not meeting his eyes. He tried not to think of what they must
have gone through just to get here. He let it drop. He tapped her on the arm
and they followed him to the distillery.
    The plant itself was a few small
buildings inside a courtyard. Tall wooden gates, closed and locked, faced them.
Paintwork flaked at the lettering above: Glen Craobhmore. The three of them
just looked at it like they were tourists on a summer day. Behind them, the
pier plupped on the water as the tide shushed against the shore. To their right
was the road between the warehouses. They heard slow footsteps.
    Stephen turned around. Alana was
already reaching for her pistol which was concealed in her coat and she had
stepped in front of Karen. Stephen placed his hand on her arm, which made her
stop drawing the weapon further, but she held her hand where it was. Three men
were walking towards them; one straight on while the two others spread out in a
flank.
    Stephen spoke first. “What do you
want, Rory?”
    The middle man smiled but he
stopped walking. “To say hello.” He looked Alana up and down. “You’ve found two
women, eh?”
    “Fuck off, Rory.” It was Gary. He
had stepped around from the sea-facing wall of the East Warehouse. Phil
followed, and Stephen noticed a sudden difference in him. Gone was the
frightened boy they’d had for two days. In his place was a tough-guy used to
squaring up behind his mates.
    Rory hadn’t expected Gary to be
there, let alone have someone with him, but he held his position. Deek and Tim,
the other two, shuffled nervously. Stephen kept his face neutral but he spoke
as if to a child, “You heard the man, Rory.”
    This riled Rory, and he sneered,
almost to himself; his top lip curling slightly. He pulled back. “Come on.”
Deek and Tim trotted after him and the three headed off towards the path.
    Alana relaxed her hand. “You
better watch him.”
    Stephen snorted. “He’s nothing.”
    “I’m not sure about that. He’s
had lifetime of indignities. Bullied at school. Pushed around at work. You
watch him.”

10
     
    T hey
moved down to the
pier. An older stone jetty led from the shore into the sea beside them. Seaweed
reached out from low tide and covered half of it. The pier they were on was
crumbling concrete but it was safe enough. It took them out to the jetty which
could be found by going through an open gate and down a wooden ramp to tidal
pontoons. Empty basket creels lay stacked and drying at the end. There were no
boats.
    Karen stepped up to the water and
looked in. Alana let go of her hand and allowed her to lie on the wooden
surface and run her hand through the cold water. Stephen sat down on the edge
and tapped the soles of his boats in the sea. Alana tucked hair behind her ears
and joined him.
    Gary and Phil had disappeared
again and walked along in front of the East Warehouse. It was about 100
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