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ld smelled like blood

ates. My legs still shook from the run, but I forced them steady. Sho

ders I remembered from another life. He didn't look back once. He didn't

open space. Dozens of eyes locked onto me. Some are curious. So

ce cut throu

is under my

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s her without my o

ace blank and my eyes soft, the way a scared girl

the same sharp eyes. The same thin mouth that had smiled when the

ay she watched them drag me away. Her gaze slid over me once, d

o

l decide I

bed my arm. "Come. You'll be given a r

ce, quiet.

tasted

One window with iron bars. A single bulb that flickered when the generators str

d I let my s

om fear. From the effort of not wra

spine breaking under zombie teeth. The way Kieran had turned his

t

n. People who would follo

ock pulle

lding a tray. Bread. Water. A small piece

muttered, then left b

ery bite was fue

ors hummed. Somewhere in the distance a wolf howled, answered by a

topped outs

y knew w

he frame, still in the same dark clothes, blood dri

re aw

d to sleep when the dead a

oor. The click of the lock sou

ing somethi

pt my voice soft. "I'm ju

the first wave. You didn't. You moved like someon

chin. "Maybe

n't look l

e same cold control in his stance. For a second the past

arrogant bastard," I said

s hung b

s flash

ripping my wrist hard enough to remind me how easy it would be to break. Heat rolle

said, voice low. "I don't l

top looking for them in peo

d. I could feel the conflict in him-the Alpha who needed every useful body,

said. "You will follow orders. And

h the threat. H

ce steady. "I

then let go. The loss of contact

ll locked on mine. "Sleep. To

her word. The door s

wall until his footst

e, the night was thick with smoke and the distant sound

bars and whispered the promise I

e in front of

e dark glass looked

re you regret eve