“Sybil?”Adam thought he heard Layla say that in a shocked tone before the distracted zombies turned and resumed their assault fully on the car.“Oh shit," Adam yelled in panic as the Jeep almost toppled over, pole and all.A maniacal laughter rang through the radio as Adam pushed the down button suddenly and the pole retracted.The car came down so fast that it crushed some of the zombies in its way.That didn’t stop the surviving zombies from trying to smash the window in so they could grab the people inside.Adam pressed the elevating knob again and the Jeep went up, scattering the relentless zombie.“Oh, I am going to be sick!” Dixon said in a squeaky tone as he swallowed hard over and over.“Not in here!” Adam yelled as sweat ran down his back in rivulets.“What is your plan?” Layla asked when Adam pressed the down button in a swoop again and the zombies went crashing.“My plan right now?” Adam asked as he gave her a fleeting look before he pressed the button again.“Yes!” she an

The butt of a gun crashed hard into Adam’s head before he could duck.Not that he could, anyway.Two men were on his opposite sides.Just as he mentioned “Seth?”The gun butt crashed into his head and he blacked out.The sharp cry of Layla followed him into oblivion.When he regained consciousness again, he was being prodded by one of the men with a rude kick.“Get up, bastard!” the man yelled in his face as he kicked him over and over again.Adam wished his sword could be in his hand at that moment so that he could slash off the bastard’s leg.He was roughly pulled to his feet.Adam realised that his hands had been tied together.As soon as he was upright, a blindfold was put over his face.He felt himself being pushed out of the cabin.They were on solid ground.Adam wondered where they were as they pushed him along.He wondered where Layla was.Had she been treated?He doubted that.He was still shocked that Seth had not died at that time.Still, he was relieved that that guilt wou

Layla groaned weakly from the cot.Her eyes rolled back in her head as she tried to catch Adam’s eyes.Was she telling him to do it?Adam was not about to be forced to sleep with a dying person.Not by a little bitch who wouldn’t dare stand up to him if not for her father’s money.Before he could stop himself, he blurted out, "No.”Surprise registered on Sybil’s face for an instance, followed by rage.“You brought this on yourselves!” she said, cocking the gun.“Sybil, you are not really going to shoot her, are you? Uncle…”“Shut up! Just shut the fuck up, you wimp! I am in charge here!”Adam wished he could have his sword with him at that moment.While the silly twit was distracted, he could have fought his way out.“But…”“I say…argh!”“Sybil! What…what did you do to her??Adam was as shocked as Seth was.The sword had worked with Adam's thoughts again.It was a deadly connection this time.The sword pierced through Sybil’s chest, sticking her to the glass as it tried to force its w

“I told y’all that this was a mistake, didn’t I?"Dixon snapped at Carlisle.The sting was taken out of his words, though, because all he could do was whisper.“Yes, you said it. A thousand times already and I can assure you that if I hear it one more time, I am going to make you choke on those words.”Dixon shook his head and muttered, "Joker.”Carlisle ignored him.Dixon wanted to talk but he quickly shut his mouth as well.The reason was not far-fetched.Snarls and shuffling feet resounded in the alley where they were.Cramped together in a plastic drum originally used for oilDrenched in black blood and reeking of God knows what, it was a miracle that they were not choking on their bile at the moment.When the snarl moved away, Dexter looked over at Carlisle in the waning light.He looked away, then he asked anyway.“Are you sure you were not bitten?”Carlisle was silent for a while, then he answered.“There is only one way to find out, isn’t it?”“Don’t you mess with..."“Now!”

Layla was going in and out of consciousness.Adam hoped she would not die on him before he could finally get those people off his back.Though he had no idea how he would do that, he was hopeful.He couldn’t come all this way to die in a self-constructed body of water!The momentary frustration and anger propelled him and he raised his head out of the water again.He quickly did the same with Layla’s head.“Come on, girl, don’t die on me,” he muttered as he tried to keep her head above water while trying to swim forward.It was a starless night and the pitch-black surroundings had worked favourably for him so far.Still, he hated the fact that the same darkness might swallow him up soon.The men were not relenting!The beam of the flashlights they were using to search for him seemed to have multiplied from the last time he had surfaced."If only I could just get out of the water without them seeing me."The ridiculous thought made him remember what had happened earlier.He had tried o