Star Drawn Saga (Book 1): Death Among The Dead: A Zombie Novel by Charlick Stephen

Author:Charlick, Stephen [Charlick, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Stephen Charlick
Published: 2015-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3: Back to the daily grind.

Something dark and troubling stalked the shadows of Fran’s mind while she slept. It demanded its presence be known, acknowledged even, yet hid itself just beyond recognition. She reached out again and again, desperate to catch this invader of her dreams, yet each time it would simply crumple to nothing like ash between her fingers, its secrets all too secure. Eventually, tinged with an unknown anxiety, she relinquished her tenuous hold on her dreams and as her eyelids fluttered open, she looked across at Kai lying next to her.

Almost instantly, a soft and relaxed smile spread across Fran’s lips and as she watched the rhythmic rise and fall of his naked chest she listened to comforting sound of his gentle snoring. Languidly she reached across to touch him, the tips of her fingers barely making contact while she traced the path of a thin blue vein that branched across the pale skin of his shoulder to disappear into the flesh of his armpit. She longed to feel his arms about her again, holding her close to him, his mouth hungrily finding hers, yet even lying next to him watching him sleep she felt a warm contentment within her. What would happen to them in the days or months to come she didn’t know, but in this moment, the crushed wildflowers beneath them baring testament to their passionate love making, she knew she was at last happy.

Pushing herself slowly up on one elbow so not to disturb him, Fran tilted her head back to look up at the high canopy of leaves just behind her. As she watched, a soft breeze wove its way through the trees, gently rustling the uppermost leaves just enough to cause the dappling sunlight filtering through to dance and play along the narrow overgrown path they had taken. She sighed at the beauty of it all, realising she had thought moments like this were a thing of the past, of her past anyway and was so glad to have been proved wrong.

Turning back to Kai, she saw that a bright red ladybird had landed on his chest and was merrily making its way across his ribs, pausing to test its wings every few steps.

‘Sorry, girl,’ she whispered, placing her finger in the bug’s path to carefully remove it, ‘this one’s mine.’

After a few tentative steps the ladybird at last relinquished her claim to Kai’s body and then as Fran lifted her away she arched open her spotted shell, revealing her delicate lacy wings beneath and with a buzz took flight.

‘Bye,’ she mumbled, smiling to herself as the small insect disappeared amid the wall of wildflowers surrounding them.

Beside her Kai briefly stirred in his sleep and with a few incomprehensible words escaping his lips, his hand reached out to find her. Making contact just long enough to reassuringly run his fingers softly across the skin of her bare shoulder, his hand then limply fell to the crook of her elbow, trapping a finger among the crumpled folds of her shirt sleeve.

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