Chapter Forty-Two
Kes wandered through the rubble that was all that remained of that part of Oceanside. The sun was rising, and the remains of the buildings still smoked with heat from the Scythian’s initial, unexpected strike. Kes could feel it through the soles of his shoes. Cherry had wanted to make him wear a gas mask before going outside. No one knew exactly where the biocide containers had landed or how far or fast the poison would spread.
But Kes didn’t care. What did it matter if he died now or later? They were all going to die eventually, along with the rest of life on Concordia. The Scythians had already done the job of killing everyone, it was only going to happen slower than they had anticipated.
All Kes wanted to do was find Isobel and Miki. He dared not imagine
