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Can’t be any worse, e, and said, instead, "I’ll try"

"Good enough forht, and the voice ofinside e

"Yeah, well, you had a body then" I looked at the folder init to open of its own accord That way I wouldn’t actually have to decide whether or not I was going to stop Once it was open, I could just read

Shaun--

"Leave it"

She sighed I knew that sigh I knew all her sighs This was the "Shaun, stop being stupid" sigh, usually reserved for when I needed to be pushed into doing so she considered sensible I won’t let you dream

I froze

George didn’t say anything after that I could feel her waiting at the edges ofwas concerned I sed again before I leaned back in the chair, closing et up, and get on the couch

"Yes, ly co off it and piled it all on the floor I turned off the light before taking offetaway I was asleep ale was true to her word If I dreaht, I don’t remember it

I woke to the sound of voices in the next rooe-whisper level that everyone seenore So touches off a primordial red alert in the back of the brain I probably wouldn’t have noticed if they’d just spoken quietly in nor; that ht Survival is always a nice thing to wake up to

Sitting up was hard My back was stiff fro several hours on the bike, followed by severalto study I may not spend as much time in the field as I used to, but that hasn’t eek would hurt? Groaning, I braced my elbows on my knees and dropped my head into roan, they moan, but the two can sound almost identical to the untrained ear Of the four people in the house with me, only Becks had the field experience necessary to know that whatever had made that sound was alive Just cranky

Becks and Alaric both had enough general experience working withbefore I was at least standing under my oer The voices from the kitchen resumed, a little louder now that they knew they didn’t have to worry about wakingback to sleep was at the top of the list and had the extra added bonus of not requiringthe people with reservoir conditions wasn’t going to wait around for ether, and if anyone realized Kelly was still alive, we probably didn’t have all that much time

There was always the possibility that tiinal fake ID was coht have tracked her across the country with it That didn’t explain why they waited for her to reach us before going on the offensive, but h before that They wouldn’t be tracking her that way again Her fake ID was soin the remains of Oakland, and nobody outside the team knew she was alive

Noe just had to keep it that way

The outbreak could have been triggered in response to my call to Dr Wynne, but that didn’t sm likely The timelines didn’t synch That level of outbreak would take time to set up Even if it had started the second my call was connected to the CDC, there wasn’t tiet into position Whoever targeted us--assu assu case for coincidence--had roaning again, and stood One of the bulldogs had turned y bed, probably as revenge forup the entire couch It opened one eye to watch ht have been intiht housecat "Whatever, dude," I said, putting up my hands "I wasn’t that cold anyway"

Alaric, Becks, and Kelly were gathered around the kitchen table when I ca a half-hearted attempt to push my spiked-up hair back into a semblance of order All three looked over at ht and shirtless this ," she said, dryly "Did you decide that clothes were for sissies?"

"Dog took gie’s hiding because she drank all the coffee, it’s not going to be pretty"

"Ms Garcia is, uestured toward the back door as she spoke, looking distinctly uncomfortable Understandable She’d probably never been in a private residence open to the scary, scary outside world before Soht when she said that people want to be afraid