Killing the Dead (Books 4-6) by Murray Richard

Author:Murray, Richard [Murray, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2015-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

It was decided that each group would keep at least one person awake and on watch at all times since trust was in relatively short supply these days. Pat was the first to stay awake from our group along with my chubby guide from the other group.

I slept as easily as anyone who was exhausted could and was immediately irritable when Gregg shook me awake at some ungodly hour of the morning.

“Your turn.” He whispered and grinned as I swore at him.

“I need to pee first.” I muttered.

“Take that lantern.” Gregg said as he pointed to one of the two lanterns that were lit though only providing dim light. “Keep it wound up.” He advised.

With another grunt that no doubt showed just how unpleasant a person I was when woken in the middle of the night I pushed the blanket aside and winced as the cold air hit. I checked my knife and picked up the lantern after exchanging a nod of greeting with the red headed woman and then pushed past the blanket and crossed into the next cellar.

As soon as the blanket was back in place I held the lantern high as I looked for the stairs that led up to the ground floor.

Once I had located them I headed up, careful to avoid anything that I could knock over or make any noise with.

At the top of the stairs was a simple wooden door with a deadbolt holding it closed at the top and bottom of the door which had been added recently judging by how new they looked. It was easy to slide them open and cautiously pull on the door.

Time was not on my side and any moment the red head would begin to wonder what was taking me so long, so I moved through the restaurant kitchen without taking the time to look around. I pushed through a set of double swing doors and stopped.

The chairs and tables had all been piled up against the hole in the wall that had once been a window and against the doorway. An effective barrier had been created and it would take far too much time and make too much noise to dismantle it enough to get through.

I was disappointed to be so easily thwarted but with little choice I returned to the cellar, careful to slide back the bolts on the door to ensure no one would know where I had been. I gave another nod of greeting to the red head and I sat against the wall and waited out the remainder of the night.

We had a breakfast of cereal bars, mine was blueberry and quite tasty if a little dry. No one commented about my late night excursion and I was reasonably sure that no one suspected anything.

Gabby and her group organised themselves with practised ease and while her chipper demeanour was immensely annoying to me, I could appreciate her organisational skills. She had done well with her group and their survival and

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