Colorado Chapters (Book 1): What Survives of Us by Miner Kathy

Author:Miner, Kathy [Miner, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: zombie
Published: 2014-07-30T07:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN: Naomi and Macy: Manitou Springs, CO

Naomi smoothed her hand over Macy’s forehead and pulled the blanket up to snuggle it under her chin. She leaned to kiss her daughter’s forehead. “Sleep and sleep, honey. Big day tomorrow.”

Macy’s eyes were already fluttering heavily. “Yup. Our big adventure. Love you, Mama.”

Naomi brushed the silky skin of Macy’s cheek with another nuzzling kiss and closed her eyes, breathing in her warm, familiar scent. Moments like these were an oasis of right in a world gone wrong. “Love you too, baby girl. I’ll finish up and come to bed in a little while.”

She could tell by Macy’s breathing that she was asleep before she reached the door of the bedroom. Persephone jumped up on the bed and settled in to keep vigil – she rarely left Macy’s side these days – so Naomi waited for Hades to follow her into the hallway, then pulled the door shut and headed into the living room with the big dog trailing behind her.

They had been hunkered down in this house for three days. Naomi had broken in to five houses in the vicinity of their disabled truck before she found one that was deserted, or rather, free of corpses. If anyone was left alive nearby, they weren’t interested in making contact, which suited Naomi just fine. Several times a day they heard a motor bike, sometimes near, sometimes far. She couldn’t be sure it was the same bike she’d heard the day they escaped the gang, she didn’t know if those people would still be looking for them, but it was safer to assume both were true.

They had passed the days resting, re-grouping and on Naomi’s part, reconnoitering. Two days ago, she had left Macy in the care of the dogs and had slid through neighborhoods until she reached the spot where Manitou Avenue joined Highway 24. From there on, there was only one way to Woodland Park: through the narrow pass with its steep, high canyon walls.

Not only was it blocked, it looked like a riot had occurred. Vehicles were piled on top of each other – several 4 wheel drive trucks had tried to crawl around or over the top of the jam – and many of the vehicles had been burned. Those that weren’t damaged by fire had been looted. Worse, there were bodies everywhere, some still in the vehicles, some reduced to disintegrating piles of rags and putrefying flesh on the road.

Naomi hadn’t seen anyone, but she had literally crept backwards until she was out of sight of the pile-up, so great was the threat she sensed. There was no way she could take Macy through that. They would have to find another way.

And they had.

Naomi stepped into the living room, and her eyes locked on the pile of supplies in the middle of the room. Sinking onto the couch, she wrapped her arms around herself, squeezed, and started to rock. Now that Macy was asleep, she could give in to the terror she had been trying to hide all day.

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