The Rabid [Books 1-3] by Roberts J.V

Author:Roberts, J.V. [Roberts, J.V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Infected
Published: 2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00

Bethany is pacing the walkway in front of our apartment door, gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. When she sees me she breaks my way in a full sprint, sobbing uncontrollably. Part of me wants to yell at her, to tell her not to run in the dark with a loaded gun. But I don’t have the strength to play guardian right now. Plus, she’s already upset enough as it is. No need to pile on.

“Oh my God, Tim, what happened?” She slips the gun into her waistband and feels me over with her other hand. I flinch and she recoils. She pulls the flashlight from her pocket. “This looks so bad,” she gasps, taking in each new bump and bruise with the narrow beam of light.

“It’s not, really, it’s not as bad as it looks. Most of the blood isn’t mine.”

She starts pawing at my bare chest.

“Ah!” It takes everything in me not to slap her hands away.

“Sorry, please, I’m sorry, just let me look.” Her face is still wet, but new tears have stopped forming. I’m alive. The cause for her hysteria has been vanquished. “Shit, Tim, you’re black and blue.”

“Yeah, I got my ass kicked a little.”

She steps back and blinds me with the beam. “By who?”

I hold my hands up and jerk my head away. “Can you turn that?”

“Sorry,” she says, aiming at my feet instead. “Who kicked your ass?”

“More like what kicked my ass.”

“Rabid?”

“Yeah, a lot of ‘em. Breached the back gate. Killed Loco and two other guys.”

Bethany slaps a hand across her mouth. “Oh my God!” The panic in her voice is muffled. “Are you bit?” She reaches for me again, spastically.

This time I deflect her, stepping away; the night’s events combined with her coddling, it’s too much for me. “I’m fine…seriously. I just need to sleep, please?”

Her feelings take a small kick. Her eyes start growing shiny again. She’d been fretting over me. There’d been the gunshots and the screaming and the not knowing whether I’m dead or alive. Now, here I am, brushing her aside rather than allowing her some well earned time to prod and poke.

I’ll apologize tomorrow. Tonight, I’ve given all I’ve got to give. There’s nothing else left.

I rustle past her and into the apartment. I’m hurting like hell. But, thankfully, the fatigue far outweighs the pain.

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