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But there was no o to his faun let out a sharp bark and Tobias head split open

Lied down into the crowd

Jenni turned away and looked at Jason He couldn’t help but watch as gouts of blood exploded over the heads of the zo them

"Don’t look," she said softly

"You killed him"

"I saved him," Jenni said firmly

Jason looked at her finally, horrified at what she had done "But you killed him" She was so sweet, so kind, so nice, he couldn’t fathom it

"I saved him He won’t have to knohat it feels like to be torn apart

He won’t have to knohat it is to be living dead I saved hi for hiet it But, Jenni, you’re a Mom

You’re sweet You shouldn’t kill"

Jenni put her arm around hi Tobias’ sobbing

"In this world, Jason, we all have to kill"

He sighed softly and put an arm around her

They reached the bottom and Jenni turned to the"I’m sorry"

"No, no, thank you," the wo He just couldn’t accept what is happening"

Peggy ca lad you’re my Mom"

She smiled at him and kissed his cheek She then o take a shower!"

Jason gave her his best sullen look "Fine You’re so bossy" He trudged away, glancing back at her a few ti her other hand over it gently, her expression distant

"This is one fucked up world," Jason told Jack

The dog woofed in agreement and they walked on

Chapter 13

1 A Taste of Hell

Katie sat at the kitchen table taking a long sip of her very hot, slightly bitter coffee It al down Nearby, Nerit was finishing up the breakfast dishes Katie had offered to help her, but Nerit had gently rebuffed her The last few days, it was fairly obvious that Nerit had enjoyed nursing Katie back to health, fussing and fretting after her, andsure she rested

Despite her abrupt return to the realm of consciousness, she had still remained weakened Dizziness, nausea and the occasional fever had haunted her up to thirty-six hours ago Now, at last, she felt stronger and the sickness was finally behind her

The old hunting dog strolled in, slow and steady on his stiff legs, and up to his water bowl to get a drink Katie let her fingers brush over his back as he passed her by and wondered how Jack was doing She had been able to talk to Jenni for twenty ht before and she couldn’t re Jenni had mostly talked about how they had corralled the zoh to try to "save" his family from the mass of zombies That, of course, had not ended well Jenni also talked of how they had fixed up the fort, roping off areas as "living" areas, while others were strictly security or construction related

Katie had seen Travisdown odd equations She knew that he and Juan spoke a lot late at night Though he hadn’t said asTravis had plans toher cup tightly in her sliers, she strolled over to the counter and leaned her hip against it

"Nerit?"

"Yes, dear?"

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