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Ancient Enemies
I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live, I am ready to worship it.
—Alexis de Tocqueville
Warmth radiated from the woodstove near the center of the room. With the blue ceramic tiles covering its circular exterior, it looked like R2-D2.
Karen returned from rummaging in a room-sized closet off the main room and held out her goggles.
Jonathan slid the night vision goggles she’d just given him over his eyes and looked around, adjusting to the greenish hue that now suffused the world. “Much obliged. Done soon.”
Karen waved it off. “You should get a pair of NVGs of your own. With the apocalypse coming, you need to be prepared.” Karen was a hardcore prepper. Jonathan dreaded to think what kind of arsenal she had stored in the
