The Tide (Tide Series Book 1) by Melchiorri Anthony J

Author:Melchiorri, Anthony J [Melchiorri, Anthony J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thunderbird Media
Published: 2015-10-10T18:30:00+00:00

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The flash from Kara’s shotgun illuminated the suited man’s chest as it broke apart in a spray of flesh and bone. Blood spattered across a painting of a serene stream in the middle of a mountainous forest—artwork Kara’s mother had created was now decorated with chunks of gore.

“Maggie!” Kara called. She could hardly hear past the ringing from the blast.

Tail between her legs and ears flat against her skull, Maggie ran to Kara. She grabbed the dog’s collar and dragged her up the stairs as fast as she could. With her hearing temporarily lost, she couldn’t tell if more of the crazies followed, and she didn’t bother to look back.

Her heart thudded against her ribcage. She barged into the master bedroom. Her mother lay in the bed, a twisted expression of worry and pain across her face. Kara pushed Maggie farther from the door. She locked it then pulled the nearby dresser toward it. Adrenaline and fear throbbed in her veins as she heaved the heavy oak dresser. An ornamental jewelry box fell and spilled pearls, necklaces, and a tangle of earrings, but Kara ignored the mess. Once she positioned the dresser against the door, she moved to a second dresser, lower and wider than the first. She ran behind it and lowered herself like a defensive lineman. She pressed her hands against the lip of the dresser and shoved. Her legs burned with the effort, but her ears began to recover. The first sounds greeting her were her own grunts and belabored breaths as she struggled to move the furniture. When the second dresser thudded against the first, she dropped to the carpet, breathing heavily.

The door suddenly rattled. More pounding and scraping joined in the cacophony. While most of the door was reinforced by the dresser, there was a foot-and-a-half gap at the top. The wood there splintered. A hand burst through, clenching and unclenching.

Another hand thrust through.

Maggie growled, the hair on her haunches standing up. She prowled to the edge of the dressers. Kara didn’t intend to let the retriever try to defend her again. She climbed over the first dresser and aimed the barrel of the shotgun into the gap where the crazies splintered the wood.

Kara pumped the shotgun. She pressed the stock against her shoulder.

The hands tore away more of the flimsy wooden door. The face of a woman greeted her like some macabre birthing. Once-blond hair had turned crimson and brown with blood, both fresh and old. Wounds along the woman’s jawline wept crimson. Her reddened eyes bulged, and her teeth chomped. She peered into Kara’s eyes. For a moment, Kara hesitated. Despite the woman’s bloodshot sclera, her irises burned an intense, intelligent green.

Another human. Sick maybe, but human.

Holding her breath, Kara closed her eyes and squeezed the trigger. The blast kicked her shoulder back. Warm blood sprayed across her face. Again, her ears rang. She pumped the shotgun as another crazy took the woman’s place.

Kara pumped and fired until the internal magazine was empty. Yet another crazy wailed and reached for her.

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