Lyncoln Ryland always saw himself as an ordinary man with an ordinary job, working maintenance in an ordinary mall. The only thing about him that isn’t ordinary are his feelings for the man who’s renovating the mall, but any kind of relationship with such a sophisticated man is highly unlikely.<br><br>Adam James is the wealthy man who owns the mall. He’s secretly been yearning for Lyncoln, a man he doesn’t see as ordinary in the least. But Adam’s family has plans for him, and they don’t include a relationship with a blue-collar worker.<br><br>All this is about to change when the sirens go off, signaling the possible end of the world. When the two men realize this isn’t a drill, they take shelter in the mall that isn’t quite as ordinary as everyone believes. What will the outcome be when two such disparate men must survive the apocalypse together?

Surviving the Apocalypse

“My car? In case we need it afterward?”


Lync nodded and set about unlatching the doors. Management had chosen this specific system in hopes that one day they’d be able to hold an antique car exhibit inside the mall. With the doors unlatched, he shoved one set of them to fold into themselves like an accordion while Mr. James got back into his car, turned on the engine, and drove it carefully toward the open space. Within less than a minute, the BMW was parked to the side of the fountain, and Mr. James turned off the ignition and rejoined him.


“Will anyone else be coming to take shelter here?” Lync asked as he dragged out the wall of doors and fastened them in place.


“I don’t know. I don’t think so. The highway was packed, but everyone seemed to be heading south, away from the capital. I didn’t see anyone coming in this direction.”


Chapter 4