Dead Days: Season Seven (Dead Days Zombie Apocalypse Series Book 7) by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey [Casey, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Higher Bank Books
Published: 2016-06-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Riley watched as Chloë tumbled over the edge of the multi-storey car park and his whole body turned to jelly.

He gripped on to Kesha and tried to understand what he’d just witnessed. Behind, he heard Jordanna cry out. And beside her, he heard people running over to check Chloë was okay. That everything had worked out.

Because she was just a little girl.

She was just a little girl and they couldn’t watch a little girl die. They couldn’t allow it.

Riley rushed over to the edge of the rooftop, three, four people beside him, all of them with weapons.

“Where’d she go?” one man asked.

“She dropped. She fucking dropped down.”

Mattius looked on, puzzlement on his face, as the rain lashed down heavier. Riley’s execution had, it seemed, been postponed.

Riley saw it, then. He saw what Chloë had said to him just moments ago, heard her words in his ears.

“I can make the drop. Just trust me.”

And as he backed away from the edge of the wall, looked at the four people—armed people—standing there and staring into oblivion, he knew what he had to do.

The horrible thing he didn’t want to do.

But the horrible thing he had to do.

And from the look in Jordanna’s eyes, she saw it too.

Mattius’ eyes widened. “No—”

Riley grabbed a gun from the man on the left then pushed him and another of the men off the edge of the building. He watched them fly down below.

And just seconds later, Jordanna pushed the remaining two people off the edge of the building too.

Everyone froze in horror, in silence.

It was only when the bones of the falling people cracked against the concrete below that the silence truly broke and the chaos began.

Riley lifted his gun and pointed it at the crowd behind him.

He watched as they ran away, as they fled in total fear. He saw what they were. Who they were. People. Just normal people trying to survive. Good people just looking out for protection.

And they were looking at him like he was the monster.

Like he was the ghost in their town.

By his side, Jordanna fired a few shots into the air.

The screams erupted some more. Everyone fled. And as they did, Riley knew right then that he had to get out of this place. He’d wanted to stay here, as much as he couldn’t believe he was admitting that. He’d wanted to protect Kesha and find a home for her. Settle.

But he saw the truth now in all its horrifying glory.

He couldn’t settle here. Neither could Jordanna. Neither could Chloë.

He’d caused this mess. He’d caused these people to turn on him in the first place.

Now they were all paying—all his people—for Riley’s past actions.

The rooftop soon cleared, and it was just Riley, Jordanna, and Kesha standing there.

And Mattius.

Mattius stood his ground, like a captain refusing to abandon his sinking ship. He shook his head. Riley swore he saw tears in his eyes.

“It’s over,” Riley said, raising his gun.

“Riley, you don’t have to,” Jordanna said.

Mattius laughed. It made the hair on Riley’s arms stand on end, as the wind grew stronger.

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