Generation Dead (Book 3): Beyond The Gates by Talluto Joseph

Author:Talluto, Joseph [Talluto, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

After showers and weapon cleaning, we went back down to the lobby to get into the café next door. I nodded at the woman behind the desk again, and she smiled back.

The café had long tables, and food was served by putting it in large bowls in front of several people at once. You passed when asked, and ate what you wanted. It worked in a lot of places, and we had done it so often it was almost second nature.

We said hellos to the other patrons at the table, then fell to with gusto. I had forgotten the last time I had eaten, and tried to make up for it now. The locals let us eat in peace, and when we finally pushed our plates away a man sitting near my elbow spoke up.

“Howdy. Come a piece?” he asked. He was an older gentleman, probably around fifty, but looked closer to sixty. His hands were rough from hard work, but his eyes were clear and intelligent.

“Been on the road for a while. Came out of the capital, originally,” I said. I offered my hand. “Name’s Aaron. Aaron Talon. This is my wife Julia, and my brother Jake, with his wife, Kayla.”

“Nate Potter. Pleased to meet you.” Nate waved to his companions. “This here’s Conn Murphy.” Nate waved a hand at the man across from him, a rough looking man with amazingly red hair. “And the ugly, raw-boned crank over there is Lee Jenkins.” Nate waved a hand to the man down the table. He was a man about seventy, and looked like he was made of beef jerky and barbed wire.

“Mind yer betters, Nate,” the old man rasped. “I ain’t cranky. Pleased t’ meet you, son. Ladies, a pleasure.” Jenkins actually rose a little in his seat to tip his hat at our wives. My esteem of the man rose considerably.

“Pleasure, “ I said. I held up my cup as the waitress refilled it with very strong coffee.

“Capital, you say?” Conn asked. “They take back the one in the East, finally?”

Jake shook his head. “No, they left that one alone. The new one in Illinois.”

“Gotcha. Heard about that one. Nice place?”

Jake nodded. “Probably have over ten thousand people there now. Do a lot of trade down the river and out to sea. Last I heard, they were thinking about seeing if any other countries made it out of the Wars.”

Conn whistled. “I’ll be damned. May have to head over there one day, and see it for myself.”

Nate nodded. “Might be worth a trip. What brings you out here and away from the land of plenty?”

I waved a hand at my brother. “Jake wanted to see the mountains, and we got assigned by the president to look over the land and see if there were more trading routes to be had. Found a little mystery that we’re trying to solve along the way.”

Nate cocked his head. “What kind of mystery?”

“Murder,” Jake said abruptly.

Lee Jenkins turned his head. “You don’t say.

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