Survival Instinct (Book 5): Social Instinct by Stittle Kristal

Author:Stittle, Kristal [Stittle, Kristal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

22: Onida

Approximately 1 Year Ago

If she hadn’t been constantly afraid of her people making an appearance, Onida would have quite enjoyed living with the Amish. She liked all the people she met during meals, and she didn’t mind doing what work she could find, which was usually helping a group of women preserve part of that year’s harvest. It was something she knew how to do, and was as good at it as someone could be. In return for her work, she was able to keep some of the preserves, as well as some of the fresh fruits and vegetables. Once, she helped bake bread. She wished she could talk more with the people she worked with, but she was always afraid of saying the wrong thing, or saying too much.

Shawn never liked the people. Often he hunted, bringing back whatever he could. He kept most of the meat for himself, but some of it he traded in exchange for having his preserved in salt while he did other things. Whenever he wasn’t hunting, he was helping a work crew with construction. He spent more time working than Onida did, but she liked to think that was because she still needed to take care of the horses every day. Askuwheteau didn’t seem to get any better with the rest, but then Onida rarely saw him anymore. He had been deemed well enough for the Amish to keep him, and so he had been moved into one of the barns where they kept their own horses.

A handful of times during their stay, someone came to find Onida in order to offer supplies in trade for what she and Shawn had put on display. Since Shawn was usually off hunting outside their fences, Onida had to manage all the trading herself. She thought that she was okay at it. She had sometimes spied on her elders when they were in trade negotiations with strangers. Of course, it helped that the Amish never seemed to try to swindle Onida. Their offerings always sounded reasonable, and Onida tended to accept them if she didn’t think she could squeeze out just a little bit more.

While the food was always delicious, Onida thought she enjoyed the beds even more. Having a warm, soft place to lie down each night melted away the aches and pains she had developed during their travels. The guest lodge didn’t provide much privacy between Shawn and Onida and the messenger boys who were also staying there, but the beds were worth it. Because there were so few visitors and so many bunks, Onida could have slept on a different bed every night, but she chose not to make an extra mess of the sheets for the Amish. Mask loved the bunkhouse, climbing up and down the beds every morning and evening. Onida didn’t mind being woken up by the sound of his nails scratching against the wood as he went up or down, so long as it wasn’t the middle of the night.

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