The Zombie Chronicles - Book 4 - Poisonous Serum (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series) Read Online Free PDF

car.”
    For a moment, I wondered if riding in a patrol car would remind Val of her old life as a police officer. I knew she still mourned her old life and was still grieving the loss of her fiancé, Travis, who’d been killed a little over a year ago in a horrible zombie attack.
    As Nick and Claire walked toward the cruiser, Howard pulled up next to us in a red sports car and called Claire’s name. Claire wasn’t the least bit interested in him, in spite of his blatant efforts to flirt with her back at the city gates in Kingsville. He was buff and muscular, but his ego was even bigger than his bulging biceps; he was so cocky and arrogant that I wasn’t surprised that Claire had no interest. I’d heard him bragging to some other guys about all his tattoos and battles with zombies. I was hesitant about him joining up with us, because the last thing we needed was for him and Nick to butt heads, two military Rambo types fighting over Claire’s dainty little affections.
    She turned her head. “Yeah?” Claire said, arching her eyebrow at him.
    “ Wanna ride with me, doll?” he asked casually.
    “ Thanks for the offer, but I’m riding with Nick.”
    He frowned. “Huh? Are you seriously going to ride with him in some jalopy when you could be riding in luxury with me? We’ve got leather seats, babe. Heck, I’ll even let you pick out some of your girly music to play on the stereo. Hop in.”
    “ That’s a kind offer but—”
    “ The lady says she’s with me,” Nick said, throwing his arm around her and pulling her close.
    “ Whatever,” Howard said, then raced off, screeching his tires.
    “ What a sore loser,” Jackie said as Nick and Claire climbed into the car.
    Lucy beeped the horn as she drove past us, wearing a big smile on her face. She and Tahoe would finally be able to put their children to bed for the first time since the epidemic had begun. They would be reunited with their loved ones, a joyous feeling that I’d experienced firsthand when I’d looked into the eyes of my sister, Claire, and Jackie and seen life there again. I threw the bag over my shoulder and patted it gently. This is it, I thought. We have the power to save humanity, and nothing’s gonna stop us now!
     

Chapter 4
    After driving for a few hours, we found ourselves caught in the middle of a harsh rainstorm, the police cruiser being tossed mercilessly around in the forty-five to fifty-five-MPH winds.
    I swallowed hard as rain pounded on the windshield.
    “ Are they keeping up?” Nick asked.
    I glanced back at the long line of cars trailing behind us to make sure our convoy of world-changers was keeping up. Some of the folks in our wagon train would stay with us to fight the good fight, while others were just along for the ride until we came across the next safe city. We knew there’d be safety in numbers, particularly with so many of them armed.
    “ So, Claire,” I said in a joking manner, “you didn’t wanna ride with Howard in that sweet hotrod?”
    “ The guy from the security check in Kingsville? Nah. I’ll pass.” She looked up at Nick. “Besides, I don’t need a cocky muscle-head like him. I’ve already got one right here,” she teased.
    I smiled as Nick grinned and squeezed Claire’s hand.
    Suddenly, Nick slammed the brakes, and my head jerked back, almost whiplashed.
    “ Gosh, Nick!” Claire said. “What the…?”
    “ Look!” he pointed.
    I glanced out the windshield and noticed that the gusting wind had toppled a tree over into the roadway. “No way you’re getting around that,” I said, staring at the giant obstacle.
    Nick backed up and made a left down a street called Mowry’s Lane. “There’s always an alternate route.”
    The howling wind shook the trees that were still standing, and I could feel the car swaying and fishtailing on the wet pavement. I squinted to see out the window, but it was impossible to make out anything in those heavy sheets of downpour. I had no idea how Nick was able to