"William W. Johnstone - Ashes 13 - Fury In The Ashes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Johnstone William W)

"How ... did you know we done that?"
"How isn't important. How many?"
"Don't know. Cain't remember. Been doin" it
for years."
"Don't you have one shred of decency in you, woman?"
"Fuck you, you son of a bitch!"
Linda looked on in shock as Ben pulled the
trigger. The woman's feet flew out from under her and
she fell to the cracked pavement, a large hole in
the center of her forehead.
Ben stood over another woman. "Get up!"
"I'll tell you!" she screamed, sprays of spit
flying from her mouth. "Jesus God Almighty,
I'll tell you. We made a deal with them
Believer Judges down in Sacramento. We
supply them with-was she swallowed hard --
"prisoners we tooken and they leave us alone.
It's that way all over the state. We live in
peace with them and you-all better learn how to do it
too. Not just the Believers, but the gangs in L.a.
too. You'll never whup them. They's too many of
"em."
"And how many of your babies have you handed over to them?"
Ben asked softly.
Linda gasped at the question.
The woman sneered at Ben. She knew she was
only minutes from death. "The ones that's sickly.
The Believers have fine hospitals and such. They
raise them up fat."
"Good God, woman!" Cooper blurted out. "The
goddamned creepies
eat
them!"
"So?" she said. "What business is that of yours?"
Several Rebels crossed themselves. Jersey
muttered, "Suffer the little children unto me, Jesus
said."
Ben spat in the woman's face. "Beth,
Jersey. Take these ... ladies out of town and
deal with them, please."
"Our pleasure," Beth said, prodding them
up with the muzzle of her rifle.
A Rebel walked out of the newly claimed
territory and whispered to Ben. Ben nodded his head in
understanding. "A few who have surrendered verify that we
now have all the children that were in the town," he said to no one
in particular. He was thoughtful for a moment.
"Corrie, give the orders for all Rebels
to evacuate the town. Then order artillery
to destroy it and everyone in it."