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Katie was right behind Jenni, shotgun cocked and ready in her hands

And a good thing A zo around the corner, his hands held out, and Katie didn’t hesitate to blast hirabbed Jenni and pulled her inside

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"Jenni!" Katie screa to shoot the shadowy person in the face

Jack ran in, growling

"Get in," the figure called out

Huer Katie juh the doorway and the door sla on the door behind her

Oh, God! There had been a zoht behind her and she hadn’t seen the with her hands over her face Katie grabbed her arain! We can’t afford to screw up!"

Jenni looked at her stricken and Katie suddenly grabbed her close and held her tight "I’ht…"

Katie beca in a hallway into the kitchen Beyond the door at the end of the hall stood a tall, good-looking boy withinto his eyes

"Jenni?"

"Jason?" Jenni’s voice rose in a scary pitch She ran down the hall into the arms of a boy almost as tall as she was "Jason! Oh, Jason"

"Jenni, where’s Dad? And the kids?"

Katie glanced at the door and the other boy standing there He was staring at her with such sorrow it made her wince

"The door will hold The others won’t," he said simply He pointed at another set of doors They probably opened into the ht of soainst it Heavy kitchen equipment had been piled in front of the door, but Katie knew the boy was right It wouldn’t hold

Jenni was sobbing to the point she couldn’t answer the handso her close

"Jenni? Jenni? Where are Dad and the boys?"

Finally, all she could do was shake her head "no" and the boy’s face cruan to sob

Katie collected herself, forced her fear down and looked at the other boy

"What is the situation here?"

He sighed "My faot here thisup kids Me and Jason and a few other kids ended up here all night The counselors bailed and left us here, saying our faht one of the families showed up, but one of theht the mother was just asleep We were all asleep in the ether and safe We woke up and she was eating one of the girls The one you creamed outside Jason hit the Mo her until she was really dead We ditched the girl out the door before she could…come back"

Katie nodded, but motioned to hiether, holding each other,

But they didn’t have time for that and Katie knew it

"What we didn’t know is that others had gotten bit by her in the scuffle

Jason and I had coet some food when the screams started We looked in and saw another attack But this one was bad He was a football player before We…just slammed the doors shut and bolted theot bit "

Katie looked sharply at Jason

"He’s fine We were going to try to escape, but that hen irl outside…she bit my Dad He’s over there with my Mom Dad lost the keys out there in the scuffle I…didn’t…We couldn’t leave…" The boy’s sad eyes looked at Katie again "I knoe’re dead I watched zombie flicks with Jason But take my Mom, okay?"

Katie looked back at the door behind her that was being systeain Jack sat in front of the door growling low in his throat She looked at the door to the outside behind the boy<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>