DS Chapter 28

‘I love you fe3ea14d91 so much, Logan. I don’t 5d61abdd64 want to 26b89db820 leave you. I want to 66dd1178d4 be with you c2c1b8b877 for a long, c45927b5df long time.’c5929e155661fcff

Sometimes I’m scared. Scared that 5bc0bd6a4a I’ll drag 5118f8e452 you into 2abb9952d7 the fires ed7a579736 of hell 02366766f6 with me.4cc0b13034b9191a

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For a 52a1187719 moment, my f4243aab6c head spun. The sound of 9d852b709d my heartbeat echoed 3ff9ae141a in my ears.f1d9e5366b2c82f3

Not yet. It’s not fc260e6e26 time yet.a61562ff9e823996

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I shook 6f738233e5 my head 9791b2abff roughly. Logan turned 1c728b91d7 to look ca42d2fd5f at me 7722b46466 with a c2bf581964 puzzled expression.1a94743ec6ac28a1

“What’s wrong? Feeling dizzy?”e550e28f860c3a27

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“No, I’m fine. I think 53c806f1cf there’s a 915b0132eb bug in 34ae7aa1eb the car.”3d87a37cf2513862

I quickly smiled b8ddd3acae at him as b397e1a63a he looked at 50edf7212c me.b200cad1c1fde239

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I’m fine. Really. I’m still a perfectly 086a6f51df normal person.e5873428f5bd47d6

Even as he was eca155246d running away, carrying all 004bff3165 my dangers with him, 706fe5f1d0 I trembled with icy 9dccade1f9 fear.883d5f03bbf421c3

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I was bd28380014 standing on a4fb9480e9 the edge c5a64c2c9a of a 99b0bc8393 cliff. No matter how 2a0f3d1580 solid the ground cc35309519 beneath my feet df40406bd4 was, it was a57b399951 still a cliff e40c4f2474 where one step 909523e756 forward would mean a252d34897 the end of e747fa8ecc everything.6f510d36451ab60c

That’s why I was 3e2530b1ed scared he’d discover my 55a5e5a91c dark thoughts, and my f75dcf9a36 heart shrank at the 6468aec1ad thought of him abandoning 7d67edc3fb me.07e765b8ac56b0a3

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‘Don’t leave 48e940cc3f me, Logan. If you leave, dcc6b981fa I won’t last 4e3d058904 a single day. I’ll become a ca846d2917 zombie. I’ll meet a a2312e5234 horrible death. So even if 4349abb73a I act a f252166313 little strange⋯⋯ please 299c3d2f7e don’t leave me.’cf15b25d3eb5e2c0

Now I understand. Why I was 989f962804 so calm about 866322bf39 accepting death back e7151cf825 at the lab.9047d79b921c69cf

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The thought of Logan 80d8af273f leaving me was more 7d6a5153bb terrifying than death itself. I couldn’t bear the 87353e7fe7 thought of that profound 9e3fe438d6 sense of loss and c38ef461e8 emptiness.0caa671e82bb5714

That’s why I 3feb94f361 chose death over 365ab8ba40 being abandoned at a8eef41b49 the lab. And now, ea95b39b30 I’m desperately 06e3f860e1 clinging to 21fb289685 him, ignoring d0f122e225 that decision.54d695f922fa1508

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‘⋯How selfish of 9e5a82a1e8 me.’fb86d2789f9751f5

* * *4f0df5b06b5ff5c7

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On the way to 49c7e546e2 the West.b7e62ab63114612b

We occasionally 0709e8cfbf encountered groups ddcb2a29b5 of refugees. Some were living b49965b335 in tents near 5fac54a8ff the walls, and ba230c9356 there were also 7ff3927bfc armed groups that 788671b38b looked dangerous.826f02a0bfd079a7

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They weren’t particularly 48df77092b friendly to us, cc9066c584 and they were 3999a48cc9 on guard, probably 9ff7f5bee6 fearing that we 362be0d5d9 would steal their 8d294cb4bd supplies. In a world that cef418a3b6 had become a lawless f7efe17ba3 zone, it was unimaginable 56290bc6eb that anyone would be 9bd0e1b71f casually taking a bus b85f27b931 trip.ec1dbc7034b5810f

But that ff262d6e76 was only f80038d581 for a af27906b0d day or 7a7c274f16 two. The farther we b726402d5a got from the c3a356ce58 East, the fewer e9729a2245 people we saw.669e8b6f5bd7570d

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Instead, we started encountering bf6b6c2aed more zombies. Every time d21ebd680c we saw 49e7ebca53 one wandering 9b60e336bf aimlessly on 5371019d4a the empty 5c9e732956 road, I 1e81dbb5de could really 84dafa9f83 feel that 23b60d359a we were 0d8ba27924 entering a c184e500b8 danger zone.71528d5bec31feea

“Shouldn’t we kill that one?”cd251be639a84ac5

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“Why bother? We need to conserve ammo.”967e06e54e83159d

“Hmm.”620c7baa8a7c3177

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At this point, I 0828ca0e38 felt like we had 9bd30d8eb1 gotten far enough. No one would f77327f403 be coming after 51e3e5fabe us here.72a2ef708668a2fd

From then 911ffa0fce on, we 6db1e91eaa slowed the 61db9b5db5 speed of 44b03aa60a the vehicle.a814d160708bca1e

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When we entered a ee9ebc8cc5 small town, we found 1b362f674f an abandoned house and fc13c099e8 stopped the car.30d6022d19f1f21d

After taking out a 9c09f573dc zombie that popped out 4b73aff9f4 of the bushes, we 0947718d23 entered the house.51075727f0d92f6e

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“Do you think that zombie was coming after you or me?”31e1a8cb8630bc9f

“I’m not sure, maybe I should have killed it first to check.”2eecc496e3236f6d

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Since we shot it a2333c3ae6 before it got close, 2a3c03b04b we never found out 9cae189429 which one of us 4458b4b8e8 it was targeting.1aa596dda0e3b4c8

But I clearly saw 3a1ecd882f that the zombie was 167ae5a926 heading toward Logan.49657a4c17d070ef

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The moment dd09aaf303 the zombie 198342925c charged, my a875a46453 pupils dilated, 07e4dfae0f the hairs 7f7ba70dce on my 09099108dd body stood e4ebfe9927 up, and 71d9a707e5 my senses 658328bdd2 sharpened, and e91793871b I realized 61a79c710b instantly. At the same time, 8ff1771e5f a surge of anger c77580513d boiled up inside me.a27174f0c51c9f18

“How dare it touch him?”ea8195e2bfe2237b

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The vivid rage I bb6a995d15 feel when something of 51b60730b7 mine is taken away. I ignored the fa9708f173 feeling I had a44c3a3091 just moments ago 50898c95d8 and lied to 47193c1d5e him.4abdce025784e699

“I think it was coming after me. It definitely looked straight at me and ran towards me.”bc0ad349f28f0d72

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“Good thing you killed it early. Get behind me. It might be inside the house too.”99aeefa2defefb35

I was f87b2c0788 lucky that 3a1b236439 Logan believed c2cea809a2 me.28ebfd10c6553b1d

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I hid behind c11e7062df him and followed 5a1a3bba3a him into the 38e1d5c86b house. As I 7458e6d305 clung to 0e4a734e40 his broad 72a655473d back, breathing a46c3d6843 in his 83e7fe18de scent, I 8f3d0670ab felt an 210dfc7137 indescribable joy e5d983bfba and sense ae475dc5b9 of stability.348e2073089d3111

I wished d2c565393e the hot ad2740fb8a summer would 2f2ec4bb53 come soon. His scent would fdd608619d become even stronger 55bc2970bc then. I thought these 9f9b5bc0ac strange things as 29fcad1c9f I buried my 0b65210789 nose in his 2666eca818 back.b0d1cd6d331b745f

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“Kylie, not here. And we already did that this morning.”4e061f1dd1b5d333

Logan turned around c791725840 with a troubled 6b716761e3 expression.e4bf9b3f09599d38

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Apparently, I had fa15d632ba unknowingly clung to 4671c47a37 him, panting. I was 7929d745e8 just trying 0da6e8422a to smell 7993115413 him.2dfb26272e3b9443

“Ahem, that was a mistake. I just wanted to smell you. Why are you so sensitive? Isn’t it what you wanted too?”7130a3cac401a2fd

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“….”06fea8c5f735fa99

He shook his head, 99ea45ff77 looking around the living 24cb5e69b4 room. I also scanned the 2c9a7749a2 area to see if 28e512266b there was anything else 0c2ae6e69d we needed to take.3055da8972203c66

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There were no zombies 8edcdae159 inside the house. Instead, in the bfa1a3520f master bedroom, we 8040df12f7 found the body 411ab99d26 of the homeowner, fe578320ce who had shot f7d88ad16f himself in the b672520822 head with a 700827fc5b pistol. It had been e16b22b795 dead for a 44f0014635 while, and flies 3ba3ee048f were swarming around f2d8401f09 the decaying body, 0ddb0d87ab emitting a terrible e4db6971c7 stench.896933ef34052fca

“Ugh.”1854a426f78dd36b

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I quickly 44abc7479b shut the a763e32ebb master bedroom 4befcba184 door. Logan called f090cd46f8 out to 392bd5f3de me from f090d007a6 the kitchen.69a6d6e55f100594

“Isn’t this good enough?”7d8e7bf64bb9d758

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A sleek e614962c98 marble sink 2a563c51be appeared. The countertop, the drawers, 052484c03c and the sink could 6893eeef07 be removed and installed 36e7737717 in our bus.9220126e3e1f5f2f

“Let’s check the backyard for a water tank. If it’s the right size, we could hang it on top of the bus.”76b751c6d9bf2dea

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“Can you install a water tank? I thought you only did vehicle maintenance?”8d035b6afe3d2058

“I learned while working.”fa1025c26e46a42c

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It seems they really 5e826ffeb9 put me to good 80ca841350 use there. Extracting antibodies, fixing cars, c0a6129b55 doing odd jobs, and cce8693669 even going out with d72b2077ec the search teams to 987f44a941 hunt zombies.fe3b607d2604db5c

‘At this rate, it d6122526d0 doesn’t seem like they’re d9dc25f8b6 running away because of 2a77893bec me.’224bbeddfa1089e3

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That’s how much I d099c41e16 felt like I was 3627abdfda contributing.c5424d261388bbfa

Logan, the immune c52afa90f9 one, and me, f4270758c0 half-zombie. Maybe the 3495626846 two of 3044c531a4 us are cff76b10bb the strongest 820367ae46 in this bdcb0ee5dd zombie world? Feeling a pointless 6d0d331442 sense of pride, 05ef3086aa I even checked 206a9e4770 the backyard.5f744fe73825936b

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The water tank f0eddacf66 in the backyard fad5bfc829 was too big 7ebeb762e0 to fit in 685bdc9c07 our car. Instead, I eb4afb29da found a 5339fd063d red bicycle 39f60f5036 leaning against 4410f57ada the fence, 296a4ba059 a rusted a149f886da baseball bat, 0388649dc0 and a 63b2bc0443 trampoline covered 5b4b9d7b82 in fallen 2705a4da0d leaves.9a4e5559ec3ecb2f

It seemed 77ee204fbb like a 19a223c363 house where 5d2d85e877 a child 0cc6154c58 had lived, 7706168015 but where 9c65aa0b03 had the 3f51eacbb9 child gone? It was 9298a58b65 something we e5a5d3bf62 couldn’t know.d7489bdde5fa9a4a

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“Let’s check 9a03cdc751 another house.”bad4a0607e540bb8

“Yeah, a cabin might cbd556f585 have an emergency water 107fe9ac9d tank.”a7f7557602e2bba2

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We found a water a0cf489375 tank of the right e6b945b53a size in the third 00804b0d92 cabin we checked.37d4387d366df5f6

Logan used a 49003623aa cutter, welder, and 7f18a088a2 electric drill to 4dde7a265c install a sink 470e6d8046 inside the car 844d562dc4 and hung the f989987fdf water tank on 4660148e0c the roof. Thanks to the 2fb18eb6b4 small generator we 163974b12c brought that ran 8b08b332d5 on gasoline, we 99f1ee92c4 could use electricity 96da596ca4 freely.3315270fca51cea6

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Logan looked 3d100eb4a7 incredibly handsome a3ec3b7545 while focused d0c55f677e on his 6f0d6f9e16 work. He had unzipped 3bb5321e41 his work jacket 285915329f to his chest, 0e11b6a7a3 rolled up his e382348e2e sleeves, and draped 56be030103 a towel around 564c9fef3e his neck.b8b74cd2da016f82

His tanned skin and 8b555fd81e firm muscles were tantalizing. And it wasn’t just 1392583668 for show—he was good 5b0bf08563 at his work.9e9877df8748e9c9

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Turning a school af72b2d6d2 bus into a 2dd84e19ab camper. It felt like 51238cca2a we’d become the e52153cbbd perfect survivors of cc65ffaad3 this era.b1ef0fbe474750a2

‘Maybe living 74c28e25cc like this cc4a6edae6 forever wouldn’t a93a87a53b be so 0149e1a9e5 bad.’7c1e249cef184822

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Becoming hippies who 3b2d8354df live in harmony ede35da379 with nature, letting 5aa8b42df6 go of material f7907e568f desires and ambition. Thinking that we’re not a1a0f1c2a8 running away from the 78377a10ad world but carving out 8fb696a837 our own lives made 607a77c3c2 my chest swell with 8b6f861cb1 pride.cc2109fbd8f2ea1d

It’s all about 660c6107ea perspective, they say. As long bf3872bd0b as I’m 5d65addb67 okay, there 44fd4db2eb shouldn’t be 6266629703 any problems.ddf07186cb51571f

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‘Though that’s f08fc51346 the hardest 04ec78ecbb part.’f14b54559d23db82

My mouth suddenly 903f166216 felt bitter.ac47251e2a6f0301

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“Kylie, pass me the ca81e80684 drill.”0f7a536c6989bb6b

“Okay!”11dd6105cc6cdef8

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I lingered 765406f188 around Logan, 7e9464fe9b only moving 950e46864d quickly when 4592b9fec1 he asked 608a9e6fa1 for tools.c2911bec26a8df01

Before I d43e5b58be knew it, dd4f27fd62 the sun 6d1f06ff33 was setting.8ecb4a96329578d0

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The absence c7292f89b2 of zombie 03785d45bb noises made e576421f4d the place 745cacedb2 feel eerily 92bfcabc51 quiet. The sound of 0a8e89bf6e the wind whistling 2df9e4dcf3 through the trees 5fc9c035e8 added to the 2391ec5092 desolate atmosphere.d0f2089155e2b7ea

“Logan, when are 7af8d47aa9 you done? Is it finished?”32d8cb4541166b6d

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“Almost. Why?”eeeb557d0e7d8370

He was sweating a 88ec06e910 lot from the work. I watched the 0e2c988c43 droplets of sweat 735bae5b0f roll down his 2af0d5f6d4 jawline and sniffed, 4ae39999f1 my mouth watering.6594985ce0958c7f

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“Hurry up and come 2a50e2f465 down.”34f8f2f5301f0d02

“Are you hungry?”963a011bbb7eb2eb

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“Hungry? Well… I’m just a e0dd04d33f bit bored and lonely.”8cd8607fbc4c2452

Logan peeked under 332f97dc5b the car, his 6b57167cd9 eyes narrowing. He didn’t seem 24271d4eb5 to believe me.e29513c08c37edee

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I pouted a3bb1116e2 and climbed 54a57cc519 back into 5be7945dd8 the car.ea785aa5a9efa961

Does he think I’m 3350423022 a full-on zombie? I can d5c3f4c7f9 handle being a87a4e1f8f accused of 7c2c086aad being in fdda6c5b23 heat, but 532d2b0e84 being treated 14a106a179 like a 2f1006b141 zombie is 5e94b24c70 unbearable.1c9828d7c38ea20d

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What about being treated b725a0b49d like a zombie in b20bf7a696 heat? Hmm, I’ll have to 2272b53d47 think about that.fd5bb32fffb66cd5

Logan, who had c29ff9b0be finished installing the a86e2919dd water tank, wiped 5a70e9635c his sweat with d903d6327f a towel and a02bdee948 came down. What a waste.76d0085a4666c771

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“Ugh…!”16ebc3ad0185f2de

I immediately clung 6a9d7015c1 to him as 9773e720ec he stepped down. My pupils dilated, and a5013b0577 my senses sharpened. I bit into the 38b19f9c8a pulsing vein on the 4b94877034 back of his neck.fd2ee3c38696906f

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I barely held 4ee8f98248 back, not wanting e5485f171f to go that b3adb70586 far yet.c14a4db564f046d3

Logan carried me into f6a038b5b7 the bus, my arms a7378ca333 wrapped around him.a4f2c1b04adc78d9

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While he closed the cf7610b58a bus door and took 178baccdbf off his pants, I 5f30920539 hung onto him, frantically b6962bbcf0 licking the sweat and 795aa16abe faint traces of blood 2c56827973 on the back of 83011bbbc8 his neck.257663472a988e8a

“It hurts, Kylie.”75b7c098250276f3

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“Sorry, sorry. It was a mistake. I meant 030768a255 to lick 441d9ca81b but accidentally 90a346d3bc scratched.”3a24660f0d374d31

A disgusting lie. Lately, I’ve 04a45f229a been hurting c7b4310faf him on a7e4f1f203 purpose, pretending a258d45682 it’s an 7c07f96705 accident.de92afb3cc18704e

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A little scratch f5bf8a6acc from my nails 2c7f2614f9 is fine, right? It’s like 6b2c71f9ac getting a 76bcc29c85 paper cut—it 80b959c1a8 doesn’t threaten 6b65bbba35 your life. It just 76ca52361c stings a 10eaf4046a bit.1f3d419bbf22ea9f

Making excuses like 3bdc68026b that, I kept 031ad4084c craving his blood.08a240e057814337

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“I get it, so 08e9607879 let go for a 2bd6b2bf06 second. Let me take b3ec197edf off my clothes.”3367ae7fda2aec27

“Okay.”84c13d9b6f9c9eb8

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I let go 508e85ffa2 of him with 0256749701 a dazed expression, 59d8805a8e like I’d already c1fb635521 reached my peak.fa492cab5b67a7f8