Chapter TwoOutside Ballarat
Breathe in
Sight the target
Breathe out slowly
Pull back, rest finger under chin
The slender shaft quivered in steady fingers.
Release
The arrow flew through the air, seeking out its target before burying its point in the heavyset woman’s chest with a heavy thunk. She snarled at them through a shattered jaw as they drew closer to examine the shot.
‘Good! You’re getting better!’ Joe plucked the compound bow from Luke’s fingers and walked over to pull the arrow from the bloody torso before guiding Luke back to the group. Joe had been teaching Luke the finer points of archery to take his mind off the destroyed city behind them.
They had been sent off from Meredith by a massive storm that had swept up out of nowhere, drenching the fields around them and sof
