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"Well, the new elections were just held and you lost," Juan answered

"Take the handcuffs off," Travis ordered

Handcuffs?

Katie realized the cold brace around her wrists wascold and as resting on her forehead and eye An ice pack

"Curtis, I am your boss!"

"Not anymore," Curtis answered

"Give ain, she tried to open her eyes

"Hey, you awake?" Travis’ voice, war So ht broke the darkness

She felt hi with the handcuffs

"Kinky," she hed and his features swaures pushed into her vision and she saw Jenni’s large eyes

"Not dead…" she ed

"And not arrested," Juan assured her

"You can’t let her go," the Mayor protested

"Watch us," Travis answered, and leaned down and gathered her up in his arms

The ice pack tu her arms loosely around his neck, she whispered,

"…need…to…stop…playing…ro you that, but you just don’t listen," Travis chided her playfully

"She’s bullheaded that way," Jenni agreed, following hiainst Travis "Head hurts," she said

Then she slipped away again

2 Move rooathered there: townspeople, construction workers, city workers, other stragglers who had found their way here

Everyone was pressed into the room

At the council table sat Katie, Travis, Juan, the Mayor, Peggy and Curtis

The room was already in an uproar

"…we should have a say…"

"…who says e should do…"

Jenni was relieved to see that Katie looked very alert despite her swollen face and blackened eye Her lip was still swollen and cracked, but it didn’t take away from the fierce look on her face

Jason was seated toward the front andfor her and Jack rested his chin on her knee so he could have scratches behind his ears He gave her a doggy grin of satisfaction as she co

Curtis stood up slowly "Okay, okay, let’s be civil about this A lot has happened since yesterday We need to stay calm"

The room quieted down a bit

Curtis sat down and Travis stood up "I’ood at leadership stuff, but we need to do so to ain Now, n new fortifications for this…uh…fort Juan also has a lot of ideas and we are working together to expand our fort and also et in and out of We’re going to need a lot of volunteers

Now, the Mayor here, he can run a city and he will be dealing with the logistics of that Food distribution, water consu quarters, all that"

The Mayor slowly raised his head and Jenni could tell he was a defeated rabbed onto whatever was left of his power base

"What about the lesbo?"

The voice came from the back of the room

Travis’ face darkened, but he kept his temper "Katie, Bill, and Curtis have experience in law enforcement-"

"She killed Patrick in cold blood!"

"Patrick was bitten," Travis said softly "A bite is deadly in this neorld He was dead already And yeah, you get bit, you are going to be delivered out of this life fast and quick to keep the rest of us safe"

"That’s

"No, it’s being huether to make sure that everyone understands the new rules around here"

"Who gave you the right?" An older ood at We’ll need everyone to work hard to keep this place safe" Travis looked griether, or ill all die"

Katie said in a low voice, "Tell them the plans"

Travis nodded "First off, we cleared out the zombies to the point that none have been seen since yesterday To the corral and clearing the area…"<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>