The Living & The Dead (Book 1): Zombiegrad by Hasanov Oleg

Author:Hasanov, Oleg [Hasanov, Oleg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2020-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-TWO

Diana stood by the barred basement windows, which looked out at just above ground level. A mosquito batted desperately against the glass. Though it was warm outside, and it was the end of winter, the snow would not go away till the end of March. She was not surprised to see the insect here. Partly, because she was too tired to give it a thought. Partly, because nothing surprised her anymore.

The people grouped in the largest basement room in the building. It was so spacious that almost all of the two hundred and forty-something hotel dwellers had managed to cram inside. The room used to serve as the storage room for outdoor summer café tables and chairs, old billiard tables and some random stuff.

It had been cold in the basement before the people came but in half an hour the place, which was packed like sardines, was so warm that the windows had misted up.

Diana was exhausted, and she had a high fever. She had spent all this morning in bed unable even to get up. The siren alarm caught her off guard, and she had to apply all the strength left in her to come down here. She sat on a chair and put her purse on a plastic table. Her lips were parched. She took out a bottle of water. The water was cold, and her throat was razor sore, so she sipped only a little on it to wet her dry lips. She coughed and put the bottle away.

The people around her were in low spirits. Some of them were scared, some were grumbly. A sick kid felt worse and vomited on the floor. Concerned parents asked about Dr. Brodde but nobody knew anything about his whereabouts. He had not come down into the basement.

Alyona Nazarenko, Diana’s personal assistant, a long-legged brunette in her mid-twenties, held the list of the dwellers and made roll calls. Most of the names had been printed before the computers and printers stopped functioning. Some of the names were added to the list by hand. The newcomers. Not a few of them. Some crossed out. The victims of the first attack. Lots of them.

It was Sunday as far as Diana recalled. Alyona was supposed to get married this weekend. It wasn’t going to happen now. Poor girl. She didn’t know if her fiancé was alive. Like many people here didn’t know if they would ever see their loved ones again.

Two hundred and forty-three names on the list. The girl’s hands were trembling, and she was shaking with cold because of the dampness. It was noisy, and it was hard to concentrate in this chaos with all these people constantly moving around and shouting. Diana was tense herself.

They were using the room as a bomb shelter for the second time. The first time the siren blared, nothing happened. Thank heavens. Diana hoped nothing would happen this time as well. In Andy’s absence, she was in full charge of the hotel. She had got used to that.

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