Chapter 52: Far From Over
The sound of thumping against the house roused the women from a restless sleep in the middle of the night. I would have liked to say that we were sleeping soundly, but each one of the women felt a knife dangling over their necks, so sleep wasn’t happening.
It was almost funny that both Sunny and Elizabeth were feeling uneasy, but at the same time, I was feeling more than a little overprotective of the older woman. Sunny had already bartered for at least three more years of life, so she shouldn’t have been scared.
But the trembling of Elizabeth’s hand made me want to commit murder.
"It’s time," grunted Envy, placing his hand on my shoulder so I could use his sight. It was getting a bit old that if I wanted to see, I had to depend on someone else, but at the same time... I appreciated them being beside me. "Are you ready?"
I sneered silently as the sound of heavy footsteps came from the other side of the door as some of the other women huddled together, absolutely fearful about what was on the other side.
Our door slammed open as Isaac stormed in, a candle lit in his hand. "Fucking zombies are at the door," he snarled as the light reflected off his face twisted in anger. It almost looked like something from a horror movie, but it didn’t bother me.
One of the women, Damaris, I thought, whimpered in fear while Jennifer, still tied to the bed, burst out into laughter. "Can they come in?" whimpered Emma, looking blindly around the room. "The zombies can’t open doors, right?"
"Don’t be stupid. They can’t even walk up the stairs, let alone open the doors. You will be fine," grunted Jeremiah, clearly not happy to have been woken up. "You just need to be quiet."
There was a clash of thunder just as Jeremiah spoke, a sign from a higher power that his words were nothing more than a lie. As lightning struck a tree outside, Lily screamed, pointing to the window.