No Looking Back: A Zombie Apocalypse Love Story by Mary Kate L

Author:Mary, Kate L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Press, LLC
Published: 2019-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Landon had been right, but so had I. Getting down the hill and into the valley meant heading further down the street and climbing down a steep hill. It was treacherous, especially in the dark, and we had to move slowly, making sure we didn’t slip on the loose dirt and tumble down the hill. Not only could it get us hurt, but it would also alert the raiders to our presence.

Thankfully we made it down with only a few scrapes and bruises. The heavy bag on my shoulders hadn’t made it easy, and I was starting to hate the Kevlar vest, which was now making me sweat, but somehow I managed without falling on my ass. Something I was thankful for.

When we reached the bottom, we stayed inside the cover of trees until things seemed to be settling down for the night. First the groups of survivors were dragged inside, each group to a separate RV, and after that all but the fire in the very center of the clearing was allowed to die down. With the flickering light gone, the settlement was cloaked in shadowy darkness, making it tough to know how many people were still up and moving around. Thankfully, the assholes didn’t seem to care about keeping quiet.

Once we were sure we could move through the darkness undetected, we left the trees. We stuck to the outskirts of the valley, moving past the old playground and picnic shelters and hugging the small groups of trees at the far edge of the settlement. In the distance, further down the valley and near the river, the stables loomed. The area surrounding them was pitch black, but the sounds of horses stomping their hooves or snorting echoed through the air.

It was the sound of humans moving around that I was searching for, though, only there didn’t seem to be any. It made no sense if the rest of our group was being held here. Not only should we be able to hear something from our people—there had to be close to twenty missing men—there should be men from the raiders’ group guarding them. There was no way they would leave prisoners unwatched, and that no one seemed to be around had me on edge.

What if they weren’t being held here? What if my worst fear was true and they’d already been executed?

“I don’t hear anything,” I hissed.

In the darkness, Landon was little more than a silhouette, but I saw it when he shook his head and knew he was thinking the same thing.

We reached the stable and rushed behind it where we rested, catching our breath and listening. Still, the only sounds were the horses and the rushing of the nearby river.

“Something’s wrong,” I said.

Panic crept up on me and I fought against it, but it was too overwhelming. Too real. Deep down, I knew what had happened, I’d seen with my own eyes what little thought these men gave human life, but I didn’t want it to be true.

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