Zombie Games (Book 4): Road Kill by Kristen Middleton Read Free Book Online

“Jasper needs to eat and I’m his caretaker.”
    “We’re not lion food,” said Kylie.
    The sound of Justice’s gun being cocked wiped the smiled off of Darren’s insane face.
    “Put the gun down, ” said Justice, holding the barrel of his revolver against the back of the man’s head.
    The man’s lip began to t remble. “I…but Jasper…he needs to eat.”
    “ He’s going to have to skip this feeding,” said Justice, in an even tone. “Now, put the gun down, man, unless you want to be his next meal. I’m sure Jasper isn’t that picky.”
    He dropped the gun.
    Justice pushed him away from the gun and picked it up.
    Kylie let out a ragged breath. “Thank God. I still can’t believe you were going to feed us to that lion. You’re almost as bad as those zombies.”
    Darren just stared blankly .
    “Are you the only one here?” asked Justice , handing Luke the gun.
    The man ignored him .
    “What abou t those gun shots we heard?” asked Luke. “There must be someone else around.”
    “ It was probably just him,” said Allie. “He shot the gun up into the air a few times when we first refused to go with him.”
    “ Hmm…Do you live here at the zoo, Darren?” asked Justice.
    The man nodded. “Yes. I have to take care of Jasper.”
    “Yeah, we get that. Why don’t you feed him something besides people?” asked Luke.
    “There is nothing else,” he answered, “and lions need meat to survive.”
    “What about the zo mbies?” asked Kylie. “Can’t you just feed them to Jasper?”
    “ No…no…no….Jasper doesn’t like the dead people,” he said. “Jasper likes the warm blood.”
    “That’s sick,” whispered Kylie , stepping farther away from him.
    “ Speaking of zombies,” said Luke, “looks like we have company.”
    T wo naked, bony zombies stumbled towards them, moaning and foaming something green at their mouths.
    “I’ll take care of these two, just keep an eye on him,” said Justice.
    Luke raised the gun and pointed it towards Darren as Justice removed the machete from his belt and walked towards the zombies.
    A llie looked away as Justice swung the machete twice with ease and the two heads tumbled to the ground.
    “ Hey!” yelled Luke as Darren took a few steps and then bolted away. “Crap, let’s go get him!”
    “ No, just let him go,” said Justice, wiping his knife on his jeans. “Don’t waste any bullets on that weirdo.”
    “That’s gross,” said Kylie , looking at Justice’s jeans. “Now you have zombie crud all over you.”
    Justice shrugged. “I need to change anyway. Got an extra pair in the trunk.”
    Jasper began to roar again and they all turned towards the lion , who was pacing down below.
    “The poor thing,” said Kyle, peering over the edge of the wall, “he’s all alone down there.”
    “It’s so sad,” said Allie, “and the only person he has left to care for him is a raving lunatic.”
    “I wonder if we can set him free, somehow,” said Kylie. “At le ast he’d have a better chance at surviving that way.”
    Justice snorted. “ Set him free? Like that would work out.”
    “ Yeah, maybe we should set him free, so he’ll take out more zombies,” said Allie, pointing towards the bodies below. “Look how he finished those off.”
    “You’re kidding, right?” said Justice. “Not only would he take out more zombies, but us and everyone else that crosses his path. He’s not a tame animal, he’s a ferocious killing machine.”
    “We could find one of those lion-whips,” said Allie, ignoring him. “ And maybe we could actually train him to kill zombies. That would be so cool!”
    “ I doubt they’d have whips here. That’s what they use at carnivals, you know, for tricks,” said Kylie. “Besides, that’s cruel. I could never whip a lion.”
    Justice closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. “Girls, we really have to-”
    Allie grabbed her wrist. “Oh my God, remember that time we saw Billy Jameson at the car nival with