The Dishonored Dead: A Zombie Novel by Swartwood Robert

Author:Swartwood, Robert [Swartwood, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RMS Press
Published: 2011-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

The first thing Conrad said to Norman when he got back in the car was, “General Philip Hager?”

Norman put the car in gear. They went down the hill, stopped at the bottom, pulled out onto the main road.

“It came on sooner than I’d expected,” he said. “I was hoping you’d be in the car with me. How did you know? Did you see it on TV?”

Leaning his head back on the headrest now, his eyes closed, Conrad nodded.

“All I had was the radio. I couldn’t see what was going on. He had all four of them there, didn’t he. He had them there and he killed each and every one of them.”

Again Conrad nodded.

“Things are moving much too fast now. There’s nothing we can do.”

Conrad opened his eyes. “Where are we going?”

“I don’t know.” Norman pulled onto the Shakespeare, pressed down on the gas. “But we can’t stay here any longer.”

“I can’t leave my family behind. I can’t leave Kyle.”

“You stay and Philip will track you down. He will expire you.”

“But my family—he’ll come after them.”

“Do you know what happened this morning?” Norman asked. “It was a drunk driver. He went through a black light and hit the SUV, pushed it over on its side. The cops showed up right away. There was no time for them to get out of there, to try to hide Ruth. From what I understand, they made sure her mask was on, but none of it mattered. She had broken her leg and she was in pain. She couldn’t stop crying.”

“Slow down.”

“The cops saw this and called the Hunters. Philip was the first on the scene. They had Ruth tied up in the SUV and Philip … he tortured her.”

“Norman, slow down or we’ll be in the next accident.”

His hands tight around the wheel, passing the slower traffic in the right lane, heading farther and farther away from Olympus, Norman shook his head.

“He got her to tell him what was going on. But from what I understand, she played it strong. At least for a little. Then she broke, told him enough to know that something really wasn’t right, and he requested an immediate meeting with Thaddeus. And you know that after the Heaven invasion, after Philip’s talk, the general had a soft spot for him. So they met. Philip asked him pointblank if he had any knowledge of three ex-Hunters with a zombie. Thaddeus of course denied it, but Philip didn’t believe him. He expired Thaddeus right where he stood.”

Conrad touched the captain’s arm. Norman glanced at him.

“Do you want us to get pulled over?”

Norman shook his head.

“Then slow down.”

Norman eased his foot off the gas.

When they were at an even pace with the rest of the traffic, Conrad said, “How did Philip get away with it? Nobody tried to arrest him?”

“You were there in that plane hanger. You saw just how quickly the men reacted to him. Somehow Philip has become their leader. Now it’s just official.”

“You have to take me back.

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