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My hand starts to shake I lower it, seeing the stricken face on him I nod at Star, "Fix yourself and her"

He nods, "Thank you"

I al the way everyone is looking at un and look at Star, "Did they overrun everything?"

She nods, looking like she ht pass out any second

"Do you think they’ll stay there?"

She nods, "Michael wanted the mansion; he knehat Bernie had there He doesn’t care about us"

My eyes narrow She sees the look, "Soon as I’m better" I stalk off, back to the platform I can’t look at Will and Anna I know they’re disappointed in me I am too, but it’s not for the same reason I wish I’d killed Michael, when I had the chance I should have known that letting hiood life, and it would still be on the backs of the weak I cliles It h and look down at Leo snuggling into a ball again, "Shit"

Jake nods, "That’s about it"

The sun sets and soets it He passes ets back up Ibetter, I swear it"

He nods, "It is At least Nan stopped trying to h, "We need a cow or two"

I see a dark figure li across the field and wince, "Shit"

Jake looks and laughs, "This is going to be fun"

I hear Leo growl and the doctor struggle to get in the tree with the injured legs He winces andhis body across it

Jake reaches over and pulls him to sit with us

"Hey"

The doctor tries to catch his breath, "Hi"

He presses his back against the wood of the platforo to the mansion and tell Michael that this camp is a bust It’s a little shit show of people barely surviving"

I laugh, "No"

"They’ll come here to look for themselves, if I don’t"

I shake my heads, "I don’t trust you Anna hs, "You will be bringing the small army Michael has down on these people I can stop it"

I lean into hiet here and exactly how to overrun us"

He looks at Jake, "Is she always like this?"

Jake grins, "Worse usually This is her keeping her temper in check"

His eyebrows raise His dark-blonde hair and dark-blue eyes remind me of fanoring their conversation

He smiles, "I kneays My mom died; Michael raised me at the lab and explained how much better I was than everyone else When the world ended, Michael took us to a place to stay safe, while the city was being finished Things happened faster than he thought they would He wasn’t as involved in the end of the world as he liked to think he was"

"Why did he let the seed Gen babies overrun the city and terrorize people?"

He frowns, "I think he sees them as superior He doesn’t see the flaws in the system He thinks the weaker humans should bon to thehs, "I’m not I’m just not trained for combat, the way you are"

I chuckle, "I’m not trained for co"

Jake points, "It’s siuarantee, if there were marines left, she would be one of them"

The doctor puts his hand out, "I’m Nick"

Jake takes his hand, "Jake"

I roll my eyes, "He ca hands?"