Ashley Drake, Zombie Hunter by Dana Fredsti

Author:Dana Fredsti
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ravenous Romance™

Chapter Sixteen

Lil and I crouched down behind the gate, peering out between the gaps at what had to be the majority of the zombie population in Redwood Grove. Why they were all wandering down the middle of Main Street was beyond me, unless they really were drawn to urban centers and stores, like the mall in the original Dawn of the Dead.

“Where's your mom's store?” I whispered.

Lil pointed to the right, where a seemingly nonstop parade of zombies was heading. “Pretty much dead center of town.”

I snorted and she shot me an apologetic look.

“I know… but seriously, the store's in the Courtyard.”

I knew exactly where that was. The Courtyard was a little shopping center made up of individual cottages ringing a courtyard with a rose garden in the center. The cottages were all “of historical significance,” and the shops were a deliberately eclectic mix of local artisans, craft stores, a shop specializing in handmade chocolates, and a children's bookstore called Heffalumps and Woozles. The overall affect was quaint with a capital Q.’ Or twee with a capital T, which rhymes with Z and stands for zombie, probably the only shoppers left in Redwood Grove about now. And I doubted they'd appreciate anything quaint or twee unless it was edible.

I shook my head, getting my brain back on track.

“This is gonna be tricky. Odds are those things are all over the courtyard.”

There's a back entrance off an alley.” Lil patted one of her many pockets. “I've got the keys to get in either way.”

I nodded slowly. “So the real trick here is to get down there without every zom in town seeing us.”

We decided to backtrack a few blocks and cross over to the other side of Main Street where it dead-ended into Oak, which ran perpendicular to Main. Oak had the public library, the high school, and a couple of small shops on it (whoever thought it was a good idea to build a liquor store a block from a high school needed his or her head examined), but it didn't seem to be zombie central like Main Street. Guess no one wanted to read or go to high school in the afterlife.

Slackers.

Oh well, better for me and Lil to avoid being seen as we dashed down Oak and across the end of Main Street, heading for the alley that ran the length of the business district. Dumpsters and trashcans lined the alley, giving us plenty of cover.

“How many blocks?” I hissed as we cautiously made our way down the alley as quietly and quickly as possible.

“Maybe four or five?” Lil guessed. “It's in between Aspen and Beech. I don't usually take the alley.”

“Get your keys out now. Just in case, y'know?”

Lil nodded. “Good idea. Hang on a sec.” We paused next to a wickedly stinky Dumpster so Lil could fish the keys out of one of her pants packets. One thing I'll say for military fashion, you never run out of pockets.

We continued down the alley, our feet crunching on broken glass and other debris.

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