Emma: Part One (Outpost Nine Book 1) by Lolita Lopez

Author:Lolita Lopez [Lopez, Lolita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Scifi romance, science fiction romance, paranormal romance, erotic romance
Publisher: Night Works Books
Published: 2014-11-20T23:00:00+00:00

3 Chapter Three

Emma snuck glances at the two behemoths sitting on either side of the rustic dining table. Both men ate as if they were starving. Apparently the two meanest hens in her flock of chickens made delicious fried chicken.

As she had planned dinner, Emma had considered how to put enough food on the table to satisfy the cyborgs. It was clear they consumed huge amounts of calories with their overly muscled and very hard bodies. All that running they had done to escape the zombie horde had obviously burned up all their excess fuel.

In the end, she had settled on frying those two birds, mashing up some potatoes, opening a couple of jars of green beans, and pulling some carrots from the garden. The loaf of bread she had baked that morning was nearly gone. Gravy seemed to make them both happy, and she had had to practically beat them off with a wooden spoon when they got a look at the peach cobbler she had pulled from the oven.

"This is delicious, Emma." Max paused long enough to drink some water. "You're a fantastic cook."

"My dad taught me everything he knew, even how to can," she said with a laugh. "I'm so glad those folks down in San Antonio were able to get that glass factory working again. I don't know what I'd do without jars for putting food by. My freezer is only big enough for a few things."

"You don't waste much," Jack remarked. "I noticed the compost out back."

She nodded. "I also feed a lot of my food scraps to the chickens. I'm able to trade some of the eggs and the soap I make from the goat's milk to the Hill family when they come through on their runs every few weeks. They bring me butter, ham, and beef. I keep telling myself I'm going to trade them some goats for hogs, but I never do. Pigs are a lot of work."

Emma noticed the men nodding as she spoke, but could tell they had no idea how a farm worked, even one as tiny as hers. "But enough about me. What about you two? What do you do when you're not running from zombies?"

"Train," Jack said as he dug into his mound of potatoes. "I teach sniper school. Max trains Special Forces recruits for the human battalions. We go on missions in pairs or large units every few weeks."

Emma started to ask them what kinds of missions when she heard the chirp of her radio. It was the handheld again. She rose from her chair and snatched it from the counter. She listened to the Morse code and identified her caller as Leila Keaton. Emma signaled back and then spoke, "One fish, two fish."

"Red fish, blue fish," Leila answered with a relieved sigh. "I'm so glad to hear your voice, Emma! I heard some crazy shit went down near your place."

Emma's gaze flicked to the pair of cyborgs eating quietly at her table and pretending not to eavesdrop.

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