Free Apocalypse: Underwater City (A Dystopian Novella) PART 1 (The Hope Saga) by Chrissy Peebles Page A

saw a mountain lion.”
    My dad immediately pulled me into a tight hug, then stepped back from me and began inspecting me from head to toe. “Are you okay?”
    I sighed. “I’m fine, Dad. Max ran off, and I just—”
    “You weren’t supposed to go in the woods,” he said firmly. 
    “What was I supposed to do? I had to find Max.”
    “You shouldn’t go out there alone. You could have hollered for me, and I would have gone with you.”
    “It would’ve only taken a minute to get me or your dad,” my mom said.
    “I didn’t know he was gonna go so deep into the woods, or I would have,” I said.
    My dad’s brown gaze narrowed. “Are you sure it was a bobcat you saw?”
    “Positive. I just took off running and—”
    “Taylor,” my father pushed, “if that was a bobcat or mountain lion, its natural instinct would be to chase you. Never run. Just yell, shout, and make yourself look bigger.”
    “Yeah, I know, but I panicked, I guess. Still, it didn’t chase me.”
    “I don’t want you going out there alone again,” my mom said, as if I was five years old.
    Dad handed me a plate with two slices of pizza on it. “Well, you’re safe now, so sit down and eat.”
    I tried to calm my breathing. I didn’t have the guts to tell them I’d met a man in the woods and that he had saved me from the mountain lion. My stomach was tangled in knots. “Thanks, Dad, but I’m not really hungry. I think I’ll just go unpack a few boxes.”
    “All right. I guess you have had quite a day,” Mom chimed in. “We’ll save your pizza, and you can just microwave it later if you get hungry.”
    “Thanks.”
    On my way upstairs, I glanced out the window but didn’t see anything unusual.
    Later that night, when the moon began to shine and the crickets began to chirp and the wind began to whisper through the treetops, I thought about my mysterious stranger. The entire scene played out in my head over and over again in my dreams, and when I woke up the next morning, his beautiful face was on my mind. I had to find him, to see him again, if only once more, and to put a name to the beautiful face that I knew would linger in my mind for a long, long time.
     
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    The Zombie Chronicles
    Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series
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    Chrissy Peebles
     
    Copyright 2012 by Chrissy Peebles
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    One year earlier…
    It had been a long day in July, with heat waves rampaging throughout South Carolina. Even though nighttime had long fallen and the temperatures had cooled down noticeably, my shirt still stuck to my back. I wondered what good that shower had done that I’d taken before meeting Sherry.
    A rush of wind blew through my hair