Adrian Smith - The Rule of Three - An Extinction Cycle Novella

He assessed the other Alphas, and grunted, “Where?”

The Alpha who had come from the north signaled behind him. Two Variants pushed two humans forward, shoving them to the ground at the feet of One Eye.

He looked down at them. The blonde hair of the female was matted against her head. He fought the urge to sink his teeth into the curvature of her neck and taste her blood. The last remaining human part of his brain bubbled to the surface. She’s a real looker.

Bellowing angrily, he grunted, “Where?”

One of the Variants kicked the male. One Eye looked down at the slightly overweight man, with his shaved head and beady eyes. He hissed at him, shoving his face closer. “I… I… I don’t know where they are, please…”

One Eye sniffed him. He could definitely smell them on him. With an angry bellow, he lashed out and speared the man through the head with his claw. With a satisfied hiss, he lapped up the spilling blood and brain matter.

One Eye turned to the Alpha that had come from the east. “Where?”

The Alpha from the east pushed a skinny male out onto the ground. Skinny held up his hands in surrender, pleading, “ Please… please don’t kill me… I know where they are.”

He pointed east, toward the mountains.

One Eye snarled in satisfaction. His anger barely contained, he let out a deafening bellow.

One Eye hauled on four chains, pulling the terrified prey at the other end toward them. Four children appeared, covered in filth. They were sobbing.

The four Alphas smacked their suckers. The small ones tasted so much sweeter.

Handing over his offerings in chains to the Alphas, he grunted, “Eat.”

The four gathered Alphas sank their teeth into the children’s throats, tearing them out, and forever silencing them.

The surrounding packs screeched and howled at the smell of the spilt blood.

Now that the Alphas had shared a meal, they were joined in blood. Bonded in evil.

First of all, thank you for taking a chance and reading my Extinction Cycle novella. I would be eternally grateful if you could leave an honest review. Doing so will help me develop as a writer.

Having read the Extinction Cycle , when it was opened up to Kindle Worlds, I realised I wanted to tell a story from a New Zealand point of view. I tried to imagine what would happen if an everyman and woman were caught up in an apocalypse. We are a small nation with a small, but determined and proud, armed force. We have stood by our British, Australian, and American brothers at times of war. As a whole, we don’t have a lot of firearms readily available, but they are there, mainly for hunting purposes.

Because this book is set in New Zealand, I have used UK spelling and there are some Kiwi phrases. If any of them confuse you, please email me for an explanation.

All the place names and locations in this book are real, and I encourage you to look them up on Google Maps. Or better yet, come and visit our beautiful country. Perhaps I’ll take you hiking.

Fate is a theme in this book, and it is indeed a funny thing, because it was fate that led me to the Extinction Cycle via another book in 2015. Reaching out to Nicholas led me to a great friendship and his amazing books. Which has now led me to write my first book.

Thanks again for reading, be sure to look out for the next adventures of Jack, Dee, and Boss.

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Email: adesmithwrites@gmail.com

With courage you dare to take risks.

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