Safe Zone | Book 2 | The Descent by Sussex Suzanne

Author:Sussex, Suzanne [Sussex, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The muted voices at the front door filtered into Luca's dreams and roused him from his slumber. As memories of the previous evening rushed into the forefront of his mind, he bolted upright. Had they found out Sammie was here?

He strained his ears, listening for some clue as to the who the visitor was, convinced that they would come running into his room and take her away. Instead, he heard the sound of the door closing, then of his father pottering around in the kitchen. He let out the breath that he had not realised he had been holding. It was unlikely that security was about to burst through his bedroom door while his father just went about making breakfast.

He looked down at the sleeping form beside him. At some point during the night, Sammie must have turned away from him, as she now faced the wall, her nose almost touching the faded and tattered rose-covered wallpaper.

For a brief moment, he watched her sleep, taking in the gentle rise and fall of her body as she breathed. She looked serene and peaceful. He was reluctant to wake her and bring her back into the harsh reality in which she now lived.

But he would soon need to leave to feed the prisoners and then go to work. Before he did, they would need to work out what to do with her today.

He planted a soft kiss on her spine, and whispered, “Wake up, sleepyhead.”

With a small sigh, her eyes fluttered open. Just as Luca had experienced just minutes before, it did not take her long to remember, and pain flickered like shadows in her eyes.

“Someone's just been to the house. I’m going to go and see who it was. Stay here,” he instructed, pulling on his boxer shorts and trousers, and closing the door behind him, he walked downstairs to the kitchen. He found his father stirring the oats that were boiling away on the stove.

“Who was that?” Luca asked.

“We have another town meeting,” Robert said dully.

“Oh,” Luca said.

“Yep.”

Being summoned to the square twice in just a few days had never happened before. The only possible reason for it would be to show off the new prisoner that Brian captured last night.

“She needs to stay here,” Robert said, nodding at the ceiling.

“I know.” Luca nodded having come to the same conclusion. They would need the facts before they could plan what to do next. “I’ll tell her.”

Returning to his room, Luca told Sammie about the town meeting. He didn't need to warn her that it was likely to be about Annie. Judging by the expression on her face, she had worked it out already.

“I have something to do straight after the meeting, then I’ve got to go to work. But I’ll skip off training this afternoon and come back here.”

“Okay.” She nodded.

“Stay here, stay quiet and stay hidden,” Luca warned.

“Yes boss,” she said. The attempt at the joke and the smile on her face were contradicted by the fear evident in her eyes.

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