Together Forever

By Ela Lond

This is a 9,000-words long horror story.

Leah and Adam, survivors of the plague that all but wiped out humanity on the Fourth Continent, are on a dangerous journey to Assembly, the only way out of the zombie-infested continent. Can their love survive death, and all that comes after?

This story is also available in the Short Story Collection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ela Lond
• Release date: Oct 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301387915

Ela Lond

Ela Lond writes paranormal and fantasy aimed primarily at young adults. A lover of adventure and intrigue herself, she has long enjoyed exploring supernatural beings and the worlds they inhabit along with her adventurous heroes and heroines.

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Together Forever

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Ela Lond

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Leah and Adam, survivors of the plague that all but wiped out humanity on the Fourth Continent, are on a dangerous journey to Assembly, the only way out of the zombie-infested continent. Can their love survive death, and all that comes after?

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Together Forever

The sun reflected off a silver pendant, a four-leafed clover, that swung from the rear-view mirror. It blinded Leah, who sat low on the passenger seat with her bare feet dangling out of the car window, a shotgun in her lap in case of an ambush. Not that she expected one, not after so much time had passed since they had run into another human being. But better safe than sorry.

She lowered her sunglasses from the top of her head to her nose, colouring the greenery on both sides of the road with a bluish hue. It was a lovely summer day, perfect for a drive outside.

She turned to the side, leaning more heavily on the redhead sitting behind the wheel. He glanced at her, giving her a wide grin and, as always, her heart flipped at the sight of it and a gentle smile appeared on her face. Adam.

He quickly pressed a kiss on the top of her head before he focused on the road. The smile disappeared from his face and the car slowed down. We'll be there soon.

Leah swallowed and straightened, pulling her legs into the car. From the backseat she hauled a backpack and from it took a fistful of cartridges, the only ones left. She filled the empty pockets attached to the strips of leather that criss-crossed her chest over her tank top.

Next was her belt with hooks that held her weapons. Lifting her hips, she buckled it around her waist. And then she saw them. The skyscrapers that rose over the clouds of green, a view that still made her hands tremble and her mouth feel like she had just finished chewing sawdust. She wished they could have made a detour around the city. To bypass it and its inhabitants on their way to the northwest coast, to the harbour where the Assembly was gathered, the exit out of this hell hole, but their stock of food and ammo was running low and without those they were sitting ducks. Hungry sitting ducks.

Adam stopped the car on the hill,