Infected (Book 1): End of the World by Kingsbury A.E.R

Author:Kingsbury, A.E.R. [Kingsbury, A.E.R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Infected
Publisher: A.E.R Kingsbury
Published: 2017-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Kris opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling of the mine. She almost forgot where she was while she slept. She threw her blankets to one side of the bed and began to get dressed. From the light shining through the cracks in the temporary door they had placed up, she could see it was mid-morning already. Everybody else had already woken up and started getting ready to go. Why would they let her sleep?

She stared at her own reflection in a small broken mirror and noticed how her eyes looked more sunken in that morning, how pale her skin had become. She refused to believe what was happening to her. She was just sick because she was malnourished; she was exhausted like everybody else.

Anyone in their right mind would have known this; it had been months since anybody ate anything of a well-balanced meal or a decent night of sleep.

The group prepared to head back on their journey home, with Doctor Maxwell in company. Alex placed his items back in his bag. He kept staring at Kris with wicked eyes. He knew she was lying to everybody. He knew she was a problem and something had to be done about her, even if it meant doing it himself. He loaded a pistol he stole from Landen’s duffel bag while everyone slept the night before and stuffed it underneath his shirt in the back of his jeans. If Landen didn’t want to make a solid decision about Kris, he would.

As the group headed on their way out of the shelter, Landen stopped and waited for Kris to pass by him. He reached out and grabbed her arm.

“We all know what you’ve been hiding, Kris.” he said to her. She lowered her head, when she looked up at Landen her eyes were red, filled with tears.

“Alex.” She whispered.

“You should have just come to me or Syd, any of us.”

“I’m sorry Landen.” She said in a quiet voice.

Landen could see she was sick, it was all true. She had the same deathly look that he saw in others he had witnessed turn before.

“Don’t worry; I know what I have to do. I brought this on myself and it is what it is.”

She pulled away from his grasp, adjusted the strap of her bag on her shoulder and headed outside. Landen felt relief and remorse; it was all out in the open but he was losing one of his people.

***

As Kris walked with her head down she noticed her bootlace untied and knelt down to tie it back up. She left in such a rush; she just wanted to get out of there.

“Go ahead, apparently I don’t know how to dress myself!” she laughed as the others went on ahead.

She tucked her pants into her socks and stood up to join the group. She could see everybody in the distance; they weren’t too far up ahead but she could feel a presence behind her. Thinking it was an infected, she reached for her knife.

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