>Everyone knew the civil war was inevitable when Wall Street collapsed.
>Adelaide’s home was soon a battlefield for rival gangs.
>They would be alright as long as they kept their heads down and paid their dues.
>But they couldn’t pay it forever.
>She took her father’s hunting rifle, and they left in the night.
>She didn’t look back, not even at the struggle behind her.
>The one safe place she knew was with Anon.
>And for the first time, she prayed.