by Calum Kerr
“What? Who were they?”
Duncan shook his head. “This is going to sound crazy. They looked like zombies! I had to run them down, it was the only way to escape. I got to the school, ran in, got the kids, went home for Lorraine – she’s in the car keeping lookout - and then came here. You have to get your things and we have to get out now. Heald Green’s overrun!”
Judith looked at him, then down at the twins, and her lips tightened.
“No. We’re not going anywhere.”
She reached over to the pegboard and grabbed the key for the garage and then pushed past him and headed outside. She unlocked the garage door and swung it up and over, then headed into the far corner. She shifted the Christmas decorations, and the wheelbarrow, and three sets of steps, and then she pulled out a large bundle of blankets.
“What are you doing, Mum?” Duncan asked from behind her.
She said nothing, just laid the bundle on the floor and unwrapped it. It contained three assault rifles. She passed two to her son and then stood, cradling the third.
“Get Lorraine to come in and give one of those to her. There’s more ammunition in the chest of drawers over there, third drawer down. And for God’s sake be careful with it.”
She squatted down in front of the kids who had been huddled behind their dad. “You need to go upstairs to the back bedroom. Take your books and do your reading. And don’t come down until I tell you, okay?” The twins nodded, scared and biddable. They ran back into the house.
Judith walked down the side of the house towards the front and met Duncan and Lorraine coming towards her.
“They’re coming,” Duncan said.
“Well, then,” Judith said. She checked her rifle was ready for business then led them out into the road. “Let’s not keep them waiting.”
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one
Twenty-two
Twenty-three
Twenty-four
Twenty-five
Twenty-six
Twenty-seven
Twenty-eight
Twenty-nine
Thirty
Thirty-one
Thirty-two
Thirty-three
Thirty-four
Thirty-five
Thirty-six
Thirty-seven
Thirty-eight
Thirty-nine
Forty
Forty-one
Forty-two
Forty-three
Forty-four
Forty-five
Forty-six
Forty-seven
Forty-eight
Forty-nine
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Bonus Extra
