Apokalypsis Book Six by Kate Morris

Author:Kate Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, zombies, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, pandemic, virus, teen romance, zombie apocalypse, viral pandemic
Publisher: Kate Morris

Chapter Seventeen

Jane

Nearly three weeks had passed since she’d gone to the city with Elijah, Wren, and Roman, and now it was near the end of February, and a nasty snowstorm had blown in last night. Jane was at the barn feeding the cows, having fed the horses first. Some of the people in their groups were going to practice riding today. Avery’s cool friend, Renee, had mentioned it being a good idea since the snow was deep. It made for soft padding if they fell. She was inclined to agree with that. Driving the cattle with the others had been pretty fun. Benjamin Miller suggested in the spring they rotate the cattle and horses from farm to farm, and even back to his farm to graze on all of their available acreage to prevent any one pasture or farm being overworked. She was totally down with that idea because being on a real live cattle drive was dang cool in her book.

It was turning out to be a nice day, sunny despite the wicked storm the night before. However, that assessment quickly changed when she spotted her mother high-stepping through the deep snow towards them in the barnyard. Jane tried not to groan.

When her mother drew closer, Jane’s embarrassment of her slid to the back of her mind as her concern pushed forward.

“Maureen, what happened?” she asked her mom with a gasp.

Jane tried not to cringe at the half-empty bottle of what was clearly liquor hanging from her fingertips at her side. The alcohol wasn’t the surprise. Her mother’s face had a deep purple bruise on the crest of her right cheekbone, and her top lip was split. Nothing was bleeding, but she looked like she’d been through hell.

“Son of a bitch jumped me,” she told the small crowd of Roman, Stephanie, Renee, Noah, Kaia, and Abraham. Everyone wanted to learn to ride, and she and Renee were in charge of teaching people. Jane was certainly no expert other than the tacking up of the animal. Most of her riding was simply to keep rich kids’ horses exercised and to stop them from becoming sassy from lack of attention. The day after the cattle drive, everyone had complained innumerably about their sore thighs, she included.

“Who?” Roman asked, stepping forward. “Who jumped you?”

“Some asshole in the woods,” she said.

“When? Now?” he questioned.

Maureen shook her head and motioned towards the house. “Nah, yesterday before I fed the animals. Went out to get some more firewood since I have to do everything alone…”

She emphasized the word to get under their skin, and for Jane, it worked. She instantly felt guilty because her mother was right. They all lived together, did everything together, including seeing to their safety and well-being, but her mother lived in the abandoned farmhouse alone, which was their edict. Now she had been accosted.

“An infected person?” Renee asked next.

“No, just some asshole,” Maureen blurted angrily and took a swig of what Jane could see more clearly was vodka.

“Come on,” Roman said and encouraged her.

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