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Chapter 17

“We’ve established a colony of survivors on the lawn around the State Capital building,” Lucy said. “That’s where people gathered after the Harvesting. I suppose they were looking for guidance and leadership and found only bare ground. The governor and the rest of the administration probably died because nobody’s heard from them.”

“Do you know of a group coming through here on their way to St. Louis several weeks ago?” Dakota was grateful for a change of subject.

Warren, Vincent, and Lucy glanced at each other and shook their heads.

“Nobody had ventured this far from the city until recently,” Warren said. “They may have passed to the east of here and missed us altogether if they made a straight shot from Dallas to St. Louis.”