Dawnland (Book 1): Pockets of the Dead by Carr Karen

Author:Carr, Karen [Carr, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Muletown Press
Published: 2014-02-04T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16: Bites Can Kill

March 6

Walmart

South of Haverlyn Village

Lily was being attacked outside. Trevan and I rushed out the exit to the lawn and garden center, where rows of lawn mowers, dead plants, wheelbarrows, dirt and pumpkins were rotting. In between rows of tables were three kids and one of them was holding Lily around the neck. He had a handgun pointed toward her head. It wasn’t Huck. He was nowhere in sight. There were two boys and a girl.

“Let go of her, Maxwell,” Trevan shouted.

When Trevan said the kid’s name, I knew who it was. The one holding Lily was the same kid that tried to beat my head in with a baseball bat downtown so many months ago, and who tried to take advantage of my leg. The boy who I had helped was not with them.

“Not until you give up the keys to the Lexus,” Maxwell shouted at Trevan. “I’ll blow her head off.”

Maxwell was emaciated, his face hollow, his eyes bulging. He wasn’t going to last long in a fight against us. Lily let out a Hi-Ya and elbowed Maxwell in the gut. He keeled over, dropping the gun in the process. Trevan grabbed Maxwell’s gun while Lily pulled hers out. Maxwell grabbed Trevan’s legs and pulled him down. That kid was strong.

I stood there like an idiot, not knowing what to do. I had never been in a fight, so I wasn’t sure how to help. The other boy grabbed Lily by the hair and started to pull. Lily tried to pry the boy from her body, but couldn’t dislodge his grip. I jumped in and bit the boy on the arm, which freaked him out so much that he released Lily and started screaming.

“She bit me. She bit me. I’m bleeding,” the boy called out. “Harper help. I’m going to die.” The boy fell to the ground. Blood dripped from his arm, which I felt horrible about. He was so young. No older than ten. I tasted the saltiness in my mouth.

“She’s not a zombie, Renoir,” Harper called out. She was wearing a red party dress and shiny black shoes, which seemed totally out of place.

“Let go of me,” Maxwell said. Trevan had managed to get on top of him and pointed the gun to his head.

“Let go of you?” Trevan asked. “You tried to shoot my wife, so I am going to shoot you. You stupid little brat.”

“Trevan, don’t.” Lily placed her hands on the shoulders of the girl in the red party dress.

I knelt down next to the boy, Renoir, on the ground and touched his arm. “I’m sorry,” I said. I brushed his hair out of his face. His skin felt hot, in fact he was burning up. He spat at me and then he threw up.

“Leave me alone, you vampire,” Renoir said.

“We’re going to have to clean that,” I said, regarding my bite mark on his arm. “And you’re going to need some antibiotics. We’re going to have to take them back to the village.

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