The Price of Shelter — The Broken Line, Book 2

Ten children are watching Jessie as a hurricane tears the house apart above them.

The bunker has water, provisions, and tools he knows how to use. It also has frightened children who have learned to be wary of grown men. Jessie understands that part. An aging veteran with shaking hands and a thirst he can’t afford to feed, he isn’t sure he’d trust himself either.

Keeping them alive means learning their names, tending their wounds, and making supplies last. When a boy needs medicine, Jessie must venture toward a guarded town where the people offering protection expect something in return.

Outside the bunker, the roads are broken and winter is coming. Every promise of safety deserves a closer look.

Jessie has already failed one family. This time, walking away would leave ten children behind.

Book 2 in The Broken Line