Outcast of the Unions

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t he is too strong. Her eyes meet mine as she gasps for breath, and she reaches out to us one las

tion, has taken over the Bahamas and much of North America, and now they wage war against the United States. My father, ori

nd my heart stops. "Ashton, run," I whisper. She hesitates, but I throw her aside just as my father's fingers wrap around my neck. I kick and scream, but hi

"join me as a Union officer or die as filt

tes his hand, and he releases her. I grab a knife from the kitchen, stab his side, and slash his eye. He howls in pain, clutching his w

g her tightly. "Our father is a murderer. If you see him, run." She nods against my ch

irt and we continue running. We finally reach the Georgia-Indiana border and cross a

hton. "I'm Ainsley, this is Ashton. We watched ou

m the head commander of the Outcas

moment, I do too. For the first time