Survival Ties (The Outbreak Chronicles Book 1) by Trisha Leazier

Author:Trisha Leazier [Leazier, Trisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Bodycount Productions, Inc
Published: 2016-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

I was looking up the thirteen stories worth of stairs contained in the stairwell.

“Why can’t we take the elevator?” I asked.

“Don’t trust the generator and may miss someone hiding.” Aaron answered.

He started up the stairs. I watched him go up the first five steps before I groaned and followed him.

“I hate stairs.” I said.

“Hate them as you climb.” Aaron said.

I groaned.

One hundred and fifty something steps later we were standing in the deserted hallway of the thirteenth floor. It was labeled fourteenth floor due to some superstition, as the number thirteen was deemed bad luck.

Aaron was a staying only a few steps ahead of me. He was tense as he stopped at the first door and knocked. After listening for a minute, he stepped back and kicked the door in.

The room was empty.

“Little dramatic don’t you think?” I asked.

“How?” Aaron responded as he opened the bathroom door.

“Kicking in the door. What was with the knocking anyway?” I asked.

“Seeing if anyone was in here.” He answered.

“Like someone would open the door for you?” I responded.

“No.” He said, “More a check for Red Eyes.”

“Ah, they would have reacted to the knocking.” I said.

“There’s nothing useful in here.’ Aaron said.

I followed him out of the room and to the next door.

Aaron knocked.

A loud thump shook the door causing me to scream and jump away.

“That’s why I knock.” Aaron said.

“I said I got that.” I told him.

“Just checking.”

“How do we do this?” I asked.

“I kick in the door; you stab the dead thing.” Aaron said.

“Okay.” I said, “Do you have something for me to stab with?”

“Yeah.” He said and handed over his blade from its sheath on his belt.

The wood handle fit my hand well. The blade had ‘Winchester Limited Edition 2006’ inscribed on it. The tip of the blade was chipped.

“Ready?” Aaron asked.

I nodded and took a deep breath as he kicked the door in.

The door swung in slamming into the Red Eye’s face knocking him to the floor.

I threw myself on top of him and aimed to bring the blade down into his eye.

As I brought the blade down, I noticed his green eyes.

I was already screaming as the blade slid into his left green eye.

The man was limp when the hilt was stopped by his socket.

I couldn’t stop screaming.

“Ashlyn look at me.” Aaron said.

His hands were on my shoulders as he shook me. His blue-green eyes came into focus. His lips were moving but I couldn’t hear him.

His lips kept moving.

“I killed him.” I said.

“Ashlyn, stop.” Aaron said.

“I killed him.” I was stuck on repeat.

“Look at his arms.” Aaron said as he shook me again, “Ashlyn, look at his arms.”

I looked away from Aaron and to the man’s arms.

There were bites. Red and raw.

“He was already dead.” Aaron said.

“His eyes—”

“Don’t think that.” Aaron said.

He pulled me away and forced me to look at him.

“You know what bites mean.” He told me.

I nodded and let Aaron lead me out of the room.

I noticed the door number fourteen-thirteen.

Whoever designed the hotel missed a thirteen.

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