Thicker Than Blood by Sheehan Madeline & Riley Claire C

Author:Sheehan, Madeline & Riley, Claire C. [Sheehan, Madeline & Riley, Claire C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller suspense, madeline sheehan, undeniable series, Dystopian, apocalypse romance, undead apocalypse, Romance, apocalypse fiction survival, zombies, Adult, Horror, Paranormal, Friendship, dark
ISBN: 9781505972610
Amazon: 1505972612
Goodreads: 23573808
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-01-12T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Leisel

“Eve?” I whispered, nudging Evelyn’s shoulder lightly. An incomprehensible murmur slipped past her lips in response, signaling to me that she was sound asleep. Sighing, unable to sleep myself, I pushed up on the musty mattress and surveyed the dark room. Finding Alex seated upright in the armchair, his head lolling off to one side and his eyes closed, I rolled off the mattress and tiptoed carefully across the floor.

“Hey,” I whispered, bending down and placing my hand gently on his knee. Alex’s eyes flew open and he shot up and out of his chair, startling me and sending me falling backward.

“What?” he said loudly, his eyes darting wildly back and forth. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing!” I whispered. Getting to my feet, I glared at him. “Shh! You’re going to wake Eve.”

As understanding dawned on his face, his shoulders relaxed and his panicked expression morphed to confusion. “Why are you awake?” he asked. “Are you okay?”

Reaching for him, I nodded slowly. “I couldn’t sleep,” I said, and fitted my body against his. His arms encircled me and he moved us backward as one, dropping back down onto the chair and bringing me with him.

Curling into his lap, I wound my arms around his neck and pressed a kiss to his jaw. “You’re starting to look like a mountain man,” I said softly, smiling against his beard.

“I don’t like it here,” he said in response as he stared off across the room. “I want to try and get as much as we can as quickly as we can, and then keep moving. I don’t trust this place.”

“It’s better than nothing.” I pulled away from him somewhat, disappointment coursing through me at his lack of response to my kiss.

I didn’t trust this place either, but as far as I could tell there were no forced marriages happening here, no religious zealots feeding the living to the dead. And the brand still stinging on my wrist gave me a sense of comfort I’d never thought possible from a tattoo. We each had to work to stay, to contribute, but we were able to carry weapons to protect ourselves, we had a bed to sleep on and the promise of food and water come tomorrow. It was almost too good to be true, yet I found myself not wanting to wait for the other shoe to drop, just for once to not be consumed by fear of the unknown.

Alex didn’t respond. His gaze remained fixed on the shadows cast by the moonlight on the opposite wall, but he lifted his hand and slipped it beneath the back of my shirt, settling it heavily on the small of my back. His warm, comforting touch caused a small sigh of pleasure to escape me. Arching my neck, I moved in to kiss him again as Evelyn emitted a small noise in her sleep, the springs in the mattress creaking loudly as she rolled over restlessly, then nestled herself against the wall.

“I’m worried about her,” I whispered, watching her legs twitch.

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