Free Live (NOLA Zombie Book 3) by Gillian Zane Page A

be serious to save his life. We would be lucky if we made it out of this alive.

    “The family in Venetian Isles pointed us in this direction, said people matching the rednecks description had just moved in. We haven’t had confirmation that it’s the men we’re looking for, though,” Zach said stiffly.

    “We gonna bust in there? Kick ass and take no prisoners?”

    “We’re gonna confirm it’s the men from the bridge that were chasing Ito and then we’ll go in and see what’s up. Capture and interrogate.”  

    “Capture, torture, kill?” Martinez smiled, but it was strained.

    “Something like that,” Zach said quietly.

    “What if it ain’t them that took Lex?” Martinez asked.

    “Then just torture.”  

Seventeen | The New Normal
    ZACH
    The sun was setting and I hadn’t seen shit from the other house. What were those people doing in there? Sleeping? They weren’t doing shit. It’s not like they could do much, though. It was cold as shit and they didn’t have a fire going, or any kind of heat, they were most likely huddled up in some room smelling each other’s asses. But it was obvious they wanted to hide their presence. No fire, no movement outside, it had to be the people we were looking for.

    It wasn’t until the sun had slipped into the water and the whole place was painted with an orange hue that I saw real movement, real quantitative proof that it was the fucking douchebags we had been in pursuit of for the last day and a half.  

    “Incoming,” Baby’s voice came over our coms. “Cadillac, coming in from the west. Looks like two men.”

    The roar of the engine had all of us coming to attention and moving to the windows. From my vantage point I could see the Cadillac coming down the highway and then turning into the camp next door. It pulled underneath the structure and the doors swung open.  

    I brought binos to my eyes and focused in on the vehicle. One of the men I recognized from earlier. It was who we were looking for.

    “Confirmed. Rednecks confirmed,” Baby’s voice backed up my thoughts.

    My palms itched. I wanted a weapon in my hand. I wanted to move. I wanted to do something. I was tired of chasing and sitting and watching. But we still had to wait for the second team that would be here in just under an hour. Just one more hour. I had been standing at this window for what felt like an eternity. It probably was hours. My back ached from standing at attention, I was unable to relax my stance. Old habits die hard.  

    I heard the door creak behind me and from the tread I knew it was Martinez.  

    “Hey, boss. Ito just radioed, they’re ready to head out. They’re gonna drop the vehicles a click up the road and come on foot at full dark.”  

    “Good. We’ll break it down when they get here and then go in.”  

    “You alright, man?” He stepped closer and I turned to face him.

    “Focused on the mission, Martinez. You got something to say?”

    “Just worried about you, Zach,” he gestured to the wall near me. There was a large hole near the window. It looked like someone had punched it.  

    I hadn’t done that. I couldn’t have done that.  

    “Nothing to worry about, we’ll get Lex back and we’ll get back to normal.”

    “The new normal,” Martinez added.  

    “Yeah, the new normal.”  

Eighteen | House Bitch
    ALEXIS
    Senior looked at me, expecting a response and all I could do was nod. Jesus, did he mean a gang bang? Okay, maybe I couldn’t do this. My hands started to shake. I clasped them together and took a deep breath. My palms were sweating and I could feel my legs quivering. I looked over at the bitch that had gotten me into this mess and I could have killed her.

    Clara looked like she was on the verge of a panic attack. Her whole body was shaking and she was jerking her head back and forth looking from one man to the other. It was almost comical, if this scene wasn’t so intimidating. The bikers just stood there, staring at