Chapter 26

A man slighter in height and build than Max stood nervously behind him while he waited for our borderline intimate scene to end.  When he was sure I was okay, Max set me free and put his finger to his lips.  He stepped aside for Eddie to see into the room and pointed to the zombie man I’d just conquered as he lay in a heap on the floor and then pulled me out of the room and closed the door behind us.

We stood at the base of the stairs while Eddie scoped out the rest of the downstairs.  I heard a loud thud, but breathed easy when Eddie came around the corner dragging a female zombie.  Max opened the door to my office and they unceremoniously shoved her into the room and closed the door.

I wasn’t sure how I felt about them piling zombies up in my office, but I knew better than to complain.

We inched our way upstairs, stopping every so often to listen and also to wait and see if the floorboard creaking beneath our weight raised any t