Cajun Zombie Chronicles: (Book 3): The Kingdom Dead by Smith S. L

Author:Smith, S. L. [Smith, S. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Holy Water Books
Published: 2019-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

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The radio Gill had tucked inside her shirt suddenly crackled to life. “Gill, come in. This is Padre, over. click-shh.”

“I’d almost forgot it was in there,” Gill said, cussing and almost stumbling at the surprise. Holly was beside her. They were keeping pace at a light jog maybe twenty yards in front of the swarm. The swarm had thickened up into a solid mass spanning the entire roadway. Holly was beginning to show signs of tiring, but her panic attack had passed, thankfully, and there was no immediate cause for alarm.

“Yeah, what’s up, Padre? Over.” Gill said. She was suppressing all the sarcastic comments that had originally come to mind.

“How’re y’all holding up? Over. click-shh.”

“Just fine and dandy,” she answered with a twang. “Where’s this church of yours? For that matter, where’s this town we’re supposed to be running into? Over.” And then after a pause, she added, “Hey, wait. You gave me your radio, how’re you talking to me? Uh, over.”

“I’m on Lee’s walkie. Plus the Humvee has a CB, so we can talk to home base, too. Anyway, here’s the plan, that swarm is too big for St. Anne’s. I’m getting the Humvee back on the road, coming your way. We’ll try to turn the swarm’s attention back to us and get ‘em off your tail. Then, we’ll lead it back to the school. Lose the swarm by crossing over to the levee road and head back here, okay? Over. click-shh.”

Gill and Holly exchanged looks of suspicion. “What’s a levee?” Holly asked between breathes.

Gill looked at her wild-eyed. “You grew up in Louisiana and you don’t know what a levee is?”

“Nah, just moved here from Dallas before all this crap,” she said.

Gill rolled her eyes. “Well that is a levee,” she said pointing off to their right. “That long hill back there behind those houses. You do know the Mississippi River is just on the other side of that, right?”

“The what? Over there?” Holly immediately regretted admitting to her ignorance. It seemed to her that Gill’s hair and face both pulsed red at her.

“Yeah,” Gill said into the radio, ignoring the conversation left hanging with Holly. “We can manage that. Over and out.”

Just as Gill released the button on the radio, she noticed that Holly was pointing into the distance. “What is that?” She asked.

“It’s a car,” Gill answered, but that much was obvious.

“You think Padre sent it to pick us up? Like from the church or something?”

Gill could feel the hairs on her arms standing up. She felt less concerned about the horde of zombies at her back then the lone car in front of her. It was a small black vehicle. “No,” she said in answer to the question.

“Why?” Holly asked. The car was coming right for them, as though oblivious to the oncoming horde.

“No idea,” she said. “But it’s definitely time to get off the road.”

“But why would they be putting themselves in danger, if not to …?”

“GET OFF THE ROAD,” Gill roared.

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