Alive? by Melissa Woods

Author:Melissa Woods [Woods, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781634223102
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Published: 2018-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

“What the hell are you doing?” Edd screamed, dropping to examine John’s body. Violet knew it was no good. John had been dead before he hit the ground. Zack had shot hit him in the head. Violet allowed herself to take a breath. Just one.

Edd lunged for John’s gun, but Zack quickly kicked it toward Sam, who grabbed it and aimed at Edd.

“You’ll pay for that,” Edd growled at Zack. His eyes were wild.

“I’m sure,” Zack replied sincerely…right before shooting Edd in the leg. Edd fell, crying out in pain as the blood seeped from the wound. Violet turned away; the delicious smell was already dangerously tempting. She was just grateful for the rain, which began to dilute the blood as it pooled on the ground.

“We need to leave,” Violet muttered, stumbling a little as she moved toward the car. She could feel Matt watching her, but couldn’t look him in the eye.

What does he think of me after what he saw?

“Come on,” Sam said to the others. “Let’s go.”

Matt and Joe went to leave, but Matt paused. He stepped over Edd, who was holding onto his leg and groaning, and halted in front of Zack.

“Come with us,” he said. Zack regarded the rest of the group, and Violet saw Sam eyeing the bodies on the floor before giving him a nod. They hurried down to the car. Violet climbed in first, wanting to be as far away from the smell of Edd’s blood as possible. It didn’t matter that she’d just eaten. She already needed more.

With seven people in the vehicle, as well as a dog, it was a bit of a squeeze. Sam was in the driver’s seat, with Joe and Zack sharing the passenger seat, Violet, Maggie, Matt, and Tom squashed into the back, with Ben on Violet’s lap. It was tight, but a vacation compared to where she’d just been, so she wasn’t complaining.

“Look,” Maggie said, pointing to the school gates. They were wide open.

“We wanted to make sure we could get away quickly,” Matt explained.

“No,” Maggie continued. “Look.”

Violet saw it now; just barely visible in the darkness were the silhouettes of the dead. Lots of them. They were heading toward them—fast.

“Should we help him?” Maggie asked. She meant Edd, who was still clutching his leg and shouting obscenities from over by the doors. The biters were getting closer, ignoring the car and heading toward the sound of his voice.

“No.” Sam answered.

Violet almost felt bad for not arguing. Almost.

Sam slammed the accelerator, and the car screeched away. Violet turned to watch through the back window, but couldn’t see Edd anymore, only the dead swarming around the place he’d fallen. He was gone.

“Hang on!” Sam cried. The car slammed into the creatures that were continuing to pour through the gates. Violet closed her eyes, heart pounding, sweat on her forehead. She felt an unwanted tear slide down her face, and wiped it away before anyone could see the blood. Someone’s hand found hers in the dark.

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