Total Apoc Trilogy (Book 3): Horde Ravaged Read Free Page A

male zombies were halfway from the smashed sliders to the living room in front. They turned on us, eyes wild with hate.
                "Holy crap!" Olivia cried and blew the brains out of the closest one.
                The sound of glass breaking came from the living room. I glanced over to see that Ralph had tossed one of the walkers through the window. The other was about to chomp down on his arm. It took aim and shot the zombie in the head.
                Olivia's next shotgun blast turned another zombie's heart into mush. He dropped like a rock, while the last one continued toward us. We both fired on it. She hit him in the throat, almost decapitating the monster. I hit him in the head twice, and three times in the chest. He still didn't die fast enough.
                "Man, he must've been on zombie steroids or something," she said.
                "Are you all right, Ralph?" I asked.
                "Maybe," he said, looking dazed. "I swear, I didn't fall asleep. I just never saw them coming."
                There wasn't time for accusations or laying blame. It didn't matter anyway. Olivia and I just ran over to the drying camo around the small stove. Our clothes were nice and warm. I turned off the camping stove immediately.
                The big, ornate clock over the fireplace showed it was 1:52 AM. I figured Olivia and I got about three hours sleep. Ralph was supposed to wake me at midnight.
                We started dressing. All of that gunfire would attract any walkers within hearing. I wanted to be out of there and on the road fast. We had our camo back on in a flash. It was dry, but that wouldn't last long since it was still lightly raining. I was lacing up my boots when the next zombie came through the back door.
                "They're coming out of the woods behind the house," Olivia said. "I see more coming!"
                I looked out the shattered front window and spotted even more. We were surrounded. Ralph started shooting out the front window, while Olivia and I lit up the zombies coming in the back.
                "Follow me!" I called, heading for the garage. "Ralph, is there anything in the bedroom you absolutely have to have?"
                "Nothing," he said.
                "Olivia?"
                "No."
                More of those relentless monsters came through the back door and front window. We fired them up, but tried to save our ammo as much as possible. The door locked from the inside, so we were screwed there. I held onto the knob.
                "Get the jeep started. As soon as it's started, Ralph, I want you to open the garage door," I said. "And then we'll tear out of here."
                They started pounding on the door, rattling the door knob. None of the zombies put much effort into turning the knob. I wasn't exactly big and strong, but I was able to keep them from opening the door. Ralph waited until Olivia had the engine running, and then he yanked the garage door open. We both raced to the jeep and jumped in as she started rolling forward.
                "I knew it," Olivia said when the jeep drove over two zombies right off. They were everywhere, and all turned toward us. "Stupid undead bastards."
                We weren't going fast enough for the cowcatcher to be effective. She turned toward the street and hit the gas. The jeep was in second before she reached 20 MPH. We were only about halfway down the driveway. Zombies came out of the woods to our right, actually running.
                Ratta-tat-tat-tat! Ratta-tat-tat-tat!
                Ralph mowed them down with his M60. I killed them, too, but my rifle wasn't made for full automatic. But I'd gotten pretty fast on the trigger. Even with all of that firepower some of the zombies reached us.
                Olivia