The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 933

Chapter 933

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Chapter 933

Nicole climbed the snowy hill and scanned the area through her binoculars. In the distance, Zeph was on patrol with Poppy and Cola.

Several figures stood a few hundred yards from them.

They wore thick animal hides, bundled up until only their eyes showed. All of them were tall and broad, and they clearly noticed Zeph.

Nicole dropped flat in the snow, brought out her sniper rifle, and took aim.

Ivory followed her up the hill and crouched beside her. Her amber eyes locked onto the strangers, and she looked ready to spring.

With the wolf so close to giving birth, Nicole wasn’t letting her join a fight.

“Stay here, Ivory. Cola’s gonna be alright.”

Ivory seemed to understand. She stayed low and watched without moving.

There were five strangers. As soon as they raised their guns at Zeph, Nicole fired.

The range was long, and her target shifted just as she pulled the trigger. Her bullet missed him but struck his gun, knocking it from his hands.

Before she could fire again, all five dropped into the deep snow and disappeared.

Nicole searched for a target but found none. She could hear faint shouting, though the words didn’t carry far enough to make out.

Zeph had his gun up, but he didn’t shoot.

His restraint worried her. It wasn’t how he usually handled a threat.

She watched him signal Poppy and Cola to head home. Then he began backing away, apparently still talking to the strangers.

Nicole kept her rifle trained on their position. If they tried to hurt any of her family, she intended to make sure they never left that patch of snow.

Poppy and Cola retreated while Zeph covered them. He continued backing away, only turning once he was beyond the effective range of the strangers’ weapons.

Aware of the sniper, the men stayed put. Eventually, one stood slowly, holding up his empty hands. Another rose beside him, then a third. They were making it clear they didn’t want any more shooting.

When Nicole held her fire, they collected their weapons and hurried off.

Once everyone was safely home, she turned to Zeph. “Who were they?”

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“Survivors from Braventon.”

Nicole didn’t expect people from Braventon to make it this far north.

She frowned. “Why did you let them go?”

Zeph considered killing them, but they were quick to back down. “They were looking for medicine. They said they didn’t want trouble.”

After so many years of disasters, even people from the same hometown couldn’t trust each other. Nicole had even less reason to trust armed strangers.

They could have backed down simply because they were outmatched. Given an advantage, they might behave very differently.

Zeph understood that. “There are other survivors out here. They said there was a shootout recently, and some of their people were hurt. That’s who the medicine was for.”