DS Chapter 28

‘I love you so b3b44e55a8 much, Logan. I don’t want a8005d1d01 to leave you. I want bef6cadda9 to be a850eb5af7 with you c23f87ca06 for a 7bd68b9547 long, long 98bbaef2de time.’8ef191c685fc4e5d

Sometimes I’m scared. Scared that I’ll drag 332632d7a2 you into the fires 7698768761 of hell with me.c5266f436b1f85a8

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For a 86a11db404 moment, my 1328229e41 head spun. The sound of my 06a9aa50f1 heartbeat echoed in my c2d250235e ears.216fa0d251012404

Not yet. It’s not time 21531abc53 yet.bc3b1a7cfc498e24

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I shook my head ceefabf5c8 roughly. Logan turned to 4fb2c66688 look at me 1d916faa21 with a puzzled fe36a97a29 expression.4df00233a14051d9

“What’s wrong? Feeling dizzy?”a0458168da7beb5f

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“No, I’m fine. I think there’s 1019f934e0 a bug in cb1796e47d the car.”7e8dda0b518c9f5c

I quickly smiled at 70892ba6e8 him as he looked fb63d3a725 at me.113fac23b338b1ee

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I’m fine. Really. I’m still f51332b04d a perfectly 650696662d normal person.a40c8b8e218b16f3

Even as he 553800c247 was running away, f072b1c686 carrying all my e97525a2f5 dangers with him, 3336f31e44 I trembled with db42f8e2db icy fear.72cce07462ca34dc

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I was standing on c3e799be65 the edge of a b539b811f7 cliff. No matter 540e1915ec how solid 08fcb66dbc the ground f01924f76d beneath my 9e45ed1936 feet was, e0cf185ea5 it was 7bc32e7f43 still a 4e6135259b cliff where 918c2be6c0 one step debfd00787 forward would 3de10ed2a0 mean the 0ed1870eae end of 5f5ad2b079 everything.43ea085c048a6650

That’s why I was 8ec19b8f38 scared he’d discover my f7e43d1e84 dark thoughts, and my 61977725ee heart shrank at the be3969be4a thought of him abandoning fa6f6c1ddd me.4faec342ff60a519

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‘Don’t leave me, 308c4a73c2 Logan. If you leave, 7fe43ae1b1 I won’t last fed66e0e95 a single day. I’ll become a zombie. I’ll meet a fbdf4bfb35 horrible death. So even if 273dd8038b I act a 8d3d287f48 little strange⋯⋯ please e2bad033f6 don’t leave me.’205d88b26b7a82fc

Now I understand. Why I 9f748e5939 was so 365e63794f calm about ee5eaea48b accepting death 69fe04eeb1 back at 5c2556bf6d the lab.d4f59c6f0e15ca1b

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The thought of Logan ebd48251c2 leaving me was more 79c58a9034 terrifying than death itself. I couldn’t 55efe3d906 bear the 096dfcc9cd thought of ca196fd1b0 that profound a341498229 sense of 91826f1bd2 loss and b7c3030c43 emptiness.c24519d92eed9be9

That’s why 7372c68805 I chose f74a40e6f7 death over 5f4df4b482 being abandoned 35796d3417 at the 09370591db lab. And now, I’m 0589ae165f desperately clinging to bc4e2ee5e6 him, ignoring that 491d0f093a decision.5720a946400c0895

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‘⋯How selfish of me.’33157c75c1eb0b0f

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On the way bfb029883a to the West.186bb8b2c2605cac

We occasionally 680d338d62 encountered groups 7137236c56 of refugees. Some were 6cd0997440 living in 98bc588f8b tents near ca993c1809 the walls, 98e011b154 and there 36f16debab were also 48a46a237d armed groups 6b12a762d7 that looked 6191d937cc dangerous.48f3a9cb5453addf

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They weren’t c085d9509d particularly friendly e57d7cb878 to us, 8f90bbbea9 and they d28af78650 were on e5b25ea16b guard, probably 05dfa654cc fearing that 840507abb7 we would 0faa53c966 steal their 547ff6cd5d supplies. In a world that 9760dfc4c3 had become a lawless cb05525d74 zone, it was unimaginable 9298a40c4f that anyone would be b7fca89e32 casually taking a bus b140c180bb trip.6710dbbf7e784102

But that 180df34b7b was only 2213e1a5fc for a 8c51db58fc day or 37dd256569 two. The farther e7720a089d we got 687e46c403 from the 4ccde31729 East, the 66ca508236 fewer people bd65aec52d we saw.7764918298863ce6

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Instead, we started 7749c44765 encountering more zombies. Every time we 51d5dbdf57 saw one wandering bf4aa7c6fd aimlessly on the 3f049a8fc2 empty road, I c922ab03d8 could really feel 171b010909 that we were 74718620b2 entering a danger 2393333b93 zone.526b4d1466faa832

“Shouldn’t we kill that one?”6c6ba4e079e9e4fe

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“Why bother? We need to conserve ammo.”a2c44ea0d0effc7d

“Hmm.”d2fb03b9273155f6

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At this point, c93e27945f I felt like 7ddd3b7e4a we had gotten bba64f54b8 far enough. No one a32c09b648 would be a3ba00df25 coming after 37706465bc us here.fde8e28e3f4c8bad

From then on, 2590665528 we slowed the 08d27383b0 speed of the 677739f740 vehicle.e053b1b4992e52de

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When we entered a 438dbbe7ea small town, we found 46cdaccb14 an abandoned house and 88bac1499f stopped the car.949a07cea0f7be2c

After taking 06ed5b5392 out a 86508a2bdf zombie that 43ac83f84e popped out baf04aa4a0 of the 16969812b1 bushes, we ba0874413a entered the 935a65eb32 house.3ec9eb4cb865f4e9

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“Do you think that zombie was coming after you or me?”0d4306f0bff58252

“I’m not sure, maybe I should have killed it first to check.”e6f69ca5a37e912a

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Since we c670810bdc shot it ff0103dbe8 before it 31c4d6968b got close, 29fe95d52a we never ac6fa73461 found out fb07820a41 which one 31cbefe2e7 of us 43665cbdd7 it was f045f498c8 targeting.e9a361eb0cff8d96

But I e26dfdfb2d clearly saw 0eaf236475 that the 349804e33d zombie was 09412bbdca heading toward e92ac800c0 Logan.326f3817724a0d2e

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The moment 047efa5dd3 the zombie 342fed44ac charged, my c99f7d7098 pupils dilated, 8d15f380a6 the hairs 08e7c2f83d on my 630778b7a1 body stood cba9281dab up, and 0c952a6f14 my senses 39e6d34bf0 sharpened, and 8f6a55d31f I realized 54e048d3a3 instantly. At the 7c4a1ff115 same time, 9b43a99497 a surge f61fda41e0 of anger e5de668ace boiled up 99d5f91a4f inside me.fb4dd2a15b4a6ad8

“How dare it touch him?”4943cbcb5e81d2de

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The vivid rage 7301a0d2d7 I feel when ad65606460 something of mine 0e08303a5b is taken away. I ignored 21d20cb5a8 the feeling 7eb3e2d59f I had 5afc463a05 just moments f91954bf6e ago and c8da6af7b9 lied to c418438043 him.43ef3ada8fb0fa60

“I think it was coming after me. It definitely looked straight at me and ran towards me.”70992cf09177b632

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“Good thing you killed it early. Get behind me. It might be inside the house too.”0626476a1af49943

I was lucky 34136e1b65 that Logan believed e6ed11326c me.1ccd601122fa3e79

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I hid a6b6633a33 behind him c074a9bbf6 and followed 8b76cfdbed him into c717617ac7 the house. As I 72d2f5f652 clung to 2390ede254 his broad 5ff4e36ab5 back, breathing f4b4616ebb in his 9cc656c4cd scent, I 2619db7637 felt an 8c2aac8bce indescribable joy 4a01ae9356 and sense 8011d637ba of stability.5d9092b9a38d9f55

I wished the aeb1f22410 hot summer would 60fcc96d3f come soon. His scent would become 60ab0c1e67 even stronger then. I thought these c8e69e3400 strange things as 243bdcf6c4 I buried my f0de89eb1b nose in his 2566fe5766 back.9ec6468c24439e90

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“Kylie, not here. And we already did that this morning.”7af4f8f5c1d852f3

Logan turned around with b2fe46219c a troubled expression.4a8d0f1d416b0362

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Apparently, I had unknowingly b2b822bff9 clung to him, panting. I was just trying fa6be2a83d to smell him.bb3ce277e05871be

“Ahem, that was a mistake. I just wanted to smell you. Why are you so sensitive? Isn’t it what you wanted too?”99b4b53a66e360a2

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“….”851a92b0f4984776

He shook 81b2062e27 his head, ae808a0a88 looking around 49174f447b the living 6be284e276 room. I also 5244ac657b scanned the af1746117c area to 2d63ee9be1 see if bfebfb67e6 there was 0dace47c98 anything else 04260e1ccc we needed 2f94ffa176 to take.52f5085eed5b3e1a

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There were no fdbc3b6daf zombies inside the f27202a4ff house. Instead, in the 26d6770c83 master bedroom, we 8cef0aacd8 found the body 37ccb90488 of the homeowner, 4a67784fd6 who had shot b1ef07d17b himself in the 17ca9a057a head with a f13f44a323 pistol. It had d82f1c0461 been dead f7bcc90c5a for a b6e0c21f8a while, and c8cbfc4dc4 flies were 2b6e9dad53 swarming around a4c4f74ef6 the decaying 04007c6eac body, emitting 4a876d67a9 a terrible 7e2dcb34f2 stench.8d9345869876361d

“Ugh.”380ede79135865f6

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I quickly b967b3a5ef shut the 619c6d8c81 master bedroom 047c42d4c1 door. Logan called out 8a72babba2 to me from 48b70c9424 the kitchen.8171641804f1fd24

“Isn’t this good enough?”b86d458478c7e425

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A sleek marble 87fcc1a896 sink appeared. The countertop, the drawers, 33cf1ae36c and the sink could 629aeb5759 be removed and installed 7e2b603e77 in our bus.00f953f19ea2ee55

“Let’s check the backyard for a water tank. If it’s the right size, we could hang it on top of the bus.”7e3f028f0d47a184

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“Can you install a water tank? I thought you only did vehicle maintenance?”3471fcfa928fad71

“I learned while 9077974381 working.”35260fd96f5fa397

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It seems 0c7052d75c they really 52f987c507 put me d4cd335a5d to good 9bb3727c3d use there. Extracting antibodies, fixing cars, fee7ae69e8 doing odd jobs, and 425891a7c5 even going out with 9908d784a0 the search teams to 43304da5d4 hunt zombies.45ff74fd3dd37192

‘At this bda3773122 rate, it 487c03ca51 doesn’t seem 088eba25cb like they’re 0d8290554f running away aa674cfcfd because of 380bfc7c65 me.’ff2cbaa863052e76

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That’s how much 5109d55f4c I felt like b6a972fcc9 I was contributing.8b21e5074d4396a2

Logan, the immune one, 178c1012ac and me, half-zombie. Maybe the two of 86b42da250 us are the strongest ac62948f0b in this zombie world? Feeling a pointless sense 54a7c717b3 of pride, I even 5e81628fac checked the backyard.803a19f99b1b54bb

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The water tank in 7a17694660 the backyard was too 5f4129b53a big to fit in 3b871d3e2f our car. Instead, I e474b6b8e8 found a 35074a144c red bicycle 9c54f71749 leaning against 839b78c427 the fence, 3ad894a7aa a rusted 432f1d0b6b baseball bat, 7dd53761fb and a 777dd02188 trampoline covered 053cbd6fa1 in fallen d01ef530b4 leaves.28ec655f3813cda0

It seemed like eecef3867b a house where e4eb0d3562 a child had dccfcce321 lived, but where cb84c57505 had the child aa7d3ae1f8 gone? It was something we 794ab9b144 couldn’t know.70cfac3392546da2

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“Let’s check f5afb94395 another house.”5818035da577ec1b

“Yeah, a bb609f089d cabin might 372d39bc64 have an 7507699ac3 emergency water abe6249a0f tank.”369b24a89492f216

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We found a 9c73c5abe1 water tank of 89b320fb2f the right size 6d2a9cbe72 in the third ec102a987f cabin we checked.0fe0a88edcde1c6a

Logan used bfac295d09 a cutter, 6d8202ffda welder, and 8b43505014 electric drill 31dbf486a7 to install 5aefb4e638 a sink 2af041aaff inside the 6e0d1c3790 car and b556b2c250 hung the 9c5784b203 water tank 9f3a4b5163 on the 32407e34d5 roof. Thanks to b39f88c7ca the small add3a79aca generator we e01f4eef2d brought that a66fefb4b8 ran on dcf10ca32a gasoline, we f2e0e7600f could use 3c54516e93 electricity freely.bf956ee5d00c2235

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Logan looked 095161e28a incredibly handsome 88b875f2ca while focused 9e34203251 on his f4f009fc37 work. He had unzipped his ab909cc9d9 work jacket to his 6c6ab43ea3 chest, rolled up his 1d974eea76 sleeves, and draped a 988b474772 towel around his neck.0e93b678a64deba9

His tanned 8b6024a955 skin and 6c12fb9575 firm muscles aa1e6a6162 were tantalizing. And it wasn’t just e3291d078c for show—he was good 3baf3d48fb at his work.701693dda90d6eae

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Turning a school bus ec9b4058d1 into a camper. It felt like 9af4ecd6ab we’d become the 8523f2b082 perfect survivors of b0e92d4f9c this era.5806d20542eb64eb

‘Maybe living like d773fab55b this forever wouldn’t 5bcdea1d66 be so bad.’f220c2caf2f82859

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Becoming hippies 94d0ce3c47 who live bc3b11228f in harmony 0913c663e0 with nature, 5114c17adf letting go c3d1bb0f13 of material 7b9a12b23d desires and 5525f2d677 ambition. Thinking that 27f72fac31 we’re not 3b23f4d9da running away aaaa687e08 from the 261986de06 world but 7210639332 carving out 49045c170b our own f09b379f26 lives made 2932b1222d my chest 24a3b4954f swell with 641e08d28b pride.bd28ce713a8dbbf5

It’s all c86a277fdc about perspective, cd2bcf6b76 they say. As long as 4f41f872cb I’m okay, there 1144da51bf shouldn’t be any 18f78ba3f4 problems.bffd1af7420ffb57

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‘Though that’s 393f2dbdd3 the hardest 21cdf9133d part.’057990ccc12df0ee

My mouth 0dfa846ee0 suddenly felt 8146adf5ed bitter.6b024f25f6d6b06c

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“Kylie, pass 8395067680 me the bab1b6e370 drill.”a717086c5a890fa8

“Okay!”6537e683a389180c

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I lingered around e713672b57 Logan, only moving 069fea0dea quickly when he 9cd6fa4dd5 asked for tools.22773e52c346608d

Before I knew be85ea533d it, the sun 72b351a79a was setting.eff20098d6b6b450

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The absence of zombie 4a5352de19 noises made the place d02b9f6152 feel eerily quiet. The sound of a1895d04c7 the wind whistling 6e06f2533a through the trees 42bf4f7958 added to the d0c1353ca3 desolate atmosphere.056e555f884b15fa

“Logan, when are you 177c1aeefc done? Is it finished?”e5ecb963de61f1af

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“Almost. Why?”831503f572588460

He was eb2349243a sweating a a17a72e9e0 lot from 5ba1f08828 the work. I watched the 86f7723d36 droplets of sweat c5e810df68 roll down his 5d6ac72125 jawline and sniffed, 8b36a57c75 my mouth watering.4860e0a9d53dcc96

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“Hurry up and come a16392dfdb down.”043929365160d415

“Are you hungry?”093f1d1c1a47b14c

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“Hungry? Well… I’m 6681ee79dc just a baa3d32bbd bit bored 3c1fb1ab47 and lonely.”96e9ba845054b46e

Logan peeked 8443c6da2b under the bb23a2a4bf car, his 41836af079 eyes narrowing. He didn’t seem 6e5cd879d6 to believe me.001a35c5b79d2dc1

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I pouted and 4ed6826de4 climbed back into cfed71884c the car.c5833816669e5dff

Does he think b121950ab1 I’m a full-on 4f7d5dff70 zombie? I can handle being 73e8d492f6 accused of being in 472d5810b8 heat, but being treated 6131921a17 like a zombie is 1f9a886f9b unbearable.c927d9fe38d4618a

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What about being 86259e2465 treated like a 05b3c7b101 zombie in heat? Hmm, I’ll 8f18747348 have to 61f6729d4c think about 314150a924 that.396e36749be51345

Logan, who 486ec9f185 had finished 9cf6ec52bf installing the 99cb72d2a9 water tank, b205f8ffa0 wiped his dc2b4769dc sweat with 0eec58f36b a towel c8bd490980 and came 32789b30ab down. What a waste.2e41138020a7d6be

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“Ugh…!”5d9e3e0cd1b131d5

I immediately clung to bf01eb5fde him as he stepped c19a24d217 down. My pupils dac26faca7 dilated, and ac1096b93a my senses b26ce6c717 sharpened. I bit into ed3bdaca34 the pulsing vein 51c5167e7d on the back a33dda0e16 of his neck.b44bacc9483cce66

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I barely held 618283d7df back, not wanting adca246d90 to go that 2054d2dd4d far yet.4b008a38183044cb

Logan carried me 9ae129f390 into the bus, 488737fc14 my arms wrapped 25027b4fe8 around him.7c4302b680207867

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While he c5e15c4937 closed the d238c12adc bus door c6b650f178 and took 730e8843c6 off his 6ec0866667 pants, I fb73942765 hung onto 4c2051f7ca him, frantically e5a7423e52 licking the fb911f91fa sweat and 5803260be1 faint traces 3b3297fa2d of blood 427747aeff on the 1ba1a1c532 back of f54ecc59f4 his neck.bd8808f58379595a

“It hurts, Kylie.”03b7ae6b79891623

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“Sorry, sorry. It was 6c172ca506 a mistake. I meant to 79dd32a476 lick but accidentally 14a4f5ab3d scratched.”b3905b1a69cf90df

A disgusting lie. Lately, I’ve eae19c3d87 been hurting bcbfec7e08 him on d10c2fc1aa purpose, pretending ffa0faaf4d it’s an 677f408020 accident.b9f6976d09c746f9

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A little scratch from 956718a5ca my nails is fine, 57302bf597 right? It’s like getting dd9569a90d a paper cut—it 7aad6b26f9 doesn’t threaten your fc8180a26e life. It just 47f892e481 stings a 18d78f4f1a bit.a173a10b0e21c5c4

Making excuses like that, 3956e893dc I kept craving his 65d958fcd4 blood.d0697cb2daf6dc06

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“I get it, so 6b3672e4ef let go for a b4b2491bf1 second. Let me take off d45224bc50 my clothes.”5ccfe5baf889d256

“Okay.”6a5cd8810761ec5f

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I let go 016d308206 of him with e419a5c921 a dazed expression, 9896e05035 like I’d already 3a447dbba8 reached my peak.cf59a6180ae2e878