Life After (Post apocalyptic book)

  I crept slowly and eased my breathing. I need to be quiet and watch from a distance. The screams and whimpers got louder when I took another two steps. I used a big old tree as my hiding spot and gave Alice the signal. She nodded and lay bottom down on another tree. She had her crossbow cocked and ready, waiting for my next decision.   I secured my double-bladed sword and flexed my claw and climbed onto the lowest branch, and watched. I inhaled deeply and held my breath. Humans. Dirty and rotten ones. In the distance, a man was sitting on a falling log and cackling. His men were toying with a human female.   “What do you think boys, should we eat her now or play with her first?” The ugly fat man who was sitting on the log said while licking his blistered mouth and his rotten teeth sneered at the female. The woman whimpered and tried to move away, but her hands and legs were tied, so she fell on her ass.

We left the family in the clearing and moved early in the morning. There was no point in sticking around. If we did, we would be an easy target for all the infected. Especially the supernatural ones. Our scent would be thick in the air and they would find us easily.   We walked through the dense foliage for half the day, and then Alice groaned. I chuckled and stood, checking our surroundings. “Ok let’s get some rest for now.” Alice huffed and dropped where she was standing.   “Drink and rest but be alert.” She rolled her eyes but nodded. I tapped my sword and bowie knife to make sure they were where they should be and made a circle around where we were, to check for the undead, stupid or not.   Fortunately, there was nothing and I relaxed a little and went back to Alice and found her snoozing in the damn open with no care in the world. I stood in front of her, frustrated, then kicked her l

I followed my petulant pup and the beta silently and sulking like a teenager.   I’m still not sure of what we’re doing now or what are we going to do next supposedly.   I just want to grab her and run the other way. My instinct kept screaming at my stupidity.   This won’t end well for any of us. We barely living, how can I be responsible for a pack and humans too?   I growled under my breath and the beta gave me a side glance and I narrowed my eyes at him.   All of this is his damn fault. He looked back ahead but I saw his smirk.   I growled again and tried to stop myself from breaking his neck. He will live.   Something like that won’t kill him, but I will enjoy doing it. It would be a good stress reliever.   He stopped where I was earlier spying on them and motioned us behind the big tree then spoke.  

We walked back to the bunker quietly. Each one of us was buried deep into his thoughts and his own world. I looked at Alice and wanted to say something to ease her worries, but my mouth didn’t cooperate. I needed some support myself, someone to tell me don’t worry and everything is going to be alright. This situation was fucked up more than that one with the cannibals. At least those monsters didn’t hide their identity or play saviors, but Johnson was like someone was raising cattle, then selling them. I shook my head, no there is no need to fret about this, I won’t interfere in anything. I have Alice to think about. Her safety comes first. We reached the bunker and I signaled her to go inside first. I need to check our territory to see if we have been followed or there were some stray undead. I thought it was odd

I woke up startled and Alice jumped on the opposite side of me. There was awful pounding on metal and it was so loud that it rang all around us.   I stood and swayed on my legs. I was sore and cranky; I didn’t get enough sleep and because of yesterday's activity and that incident I wanted to spend one day in peace, but I guess it’s too much to ask.   And yeah, I was in a bad mood, so whoever the hell was pounding out there was going to die.   I signed to Alice to stay put and stood with my knife in my hand, then headed to the small hatch.   I inhaled and then groaned, annoyed when I smelled Benjamin.    How the fuck did he know about this place? I made sure that he didn’t follow us yesterday.   Yeah, I’m going to kill him this time. I bitched and cursed all the way climbing up, but my mind blanked when I saw him standing next to some tiny teenager.