The World After (Book 3) Read online

But she remembered Scott.

  She remembered how scared he had been when she first met him.

  And then she remembered the hero that he had turned into.

  The man that saved her life.

  She kept him in her heart and in her mind and she ran along the beach with Haz, with Lionel, with the wind behind her.

  She looked out at Britain across the sea and she smiled.

  Because people might’ve died.

  She might’ve been through hell.

  Life would never be the same again.

  But it was going to be better for it.

  She was going to teach her kids to be kind. And they were going to teach their kids to be kind. And everyone was going to teach everyone to be kind.

  Because the history books would talk forever about the great blackout of 2017.

  And the history books would talk about the strength and the kindness of people like Scott Harvard.

  Because it was people like him who changed the world.

  It was the kindness and bravery of people like him who had made this new world a better place.

  And it was going to be better.

  It was going to be stronger.

  It was going to be kinder.

  Forever.

  AND SOMETIMES WHEN she went to sleep at night, she was back by the car she’d collapsed by, perched in the snow, totally exhausted and totally weak. She held Lionel and she smiled, the feeling disappearing from her legs, from her body, from everywhere.

  And as she thought about how beautiful and perfect life in the future could be—Haz alive, the world rebuilding, everything better and everyone kinder—she saw a figure walking towards her, standing over her.

  “Holly?” he said.

  And when she heard his voice, she smiled.

  Because she knew he was still here.

  She knew he hadn’t gone away.

  And she knew he was going to get her to safety, just like she’d imagined, and just like he’d promised.

  “I’m here,” Scott said. “I’m here.

  And she believed him.

  Because he was a part of the new world.

  And he would always be by her side.

  Forever.

  WANT MORE FROM RYAN CASEY?

  If you want to be notified when Ryan Casey’s next novel is released (and receive a free book from his Dead Days post apocalyptic series), please sign up for the mailing list by going to: http://ryancaseybooks.com/fanclub Your email address will never be shared and you can unsubscribe at any time.

  Word-of-mouth and reviews are crucial to any author’s success. If you enjoyed this book, please leave a review. Even just a couple of lines sharing your thoughts on the story would be a fantastic help for other readers.

  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Any reference to real locations is only for atmospheric effect, and in no way truly represents those locations.

  Copyright © 2017 by Ryan Casey

  Cover design by Damonza

  All rights reserved.

  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

  Published by Higher Bank Books

  Table of Contents

  Table of Contents

  Bonus Content

  The World After

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  Chapter 52

  Want More from Ryan Casey?

  Copyright