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"Run, you blind idiot!" I yelled at hi myself "They’ll only hurl more of them at us" I put on a burst of speed, the sareat many track events

I was back at y, I yanked open the door and juhfor the keys

Another blast of color tore through the fading light, aier

"What a blockhead," Isomersaults They’d lob et out of there

"Should I save hi and jaic pierced the sky, followed by two er’s side Maybe he could take care of hinition as the street fell silent except for the pounding rain My breath was loud and harried in the purring car My heart thuer walked out into the street, his gait powerful and purposeful He stopped in the very center like it was high noon, then turned toward eance in every line of his tall frame He looked like he wanted a pistol shoith as, so far reht that my brain could’ve flopped out onto the center console and I wouldn’t have noticed The engine revved and the car blasted forward, straight for hione the other way," I yelled atjust then It was that she-devil who took over covens and spoke zombies to life The adrenaline junky who loved to push the liic It was a very heavy block ofspeeds

"Get out of the way," I yelled He’d only take e, since he’d literally just savedBut maybe he’d decided he didn’t want a witness…

Well, if so, I wouldn’t make it easy for him--I’d leave a tire tread up the center of his body and over his face "Move if you knohat’s good for you"

He pulled his hands up in front of hi materialized until it crystalized into a shiny orb, so black it looked like a tear in the universe Soon it would disappear into the failing light of day

If I didn’t run over hih he couldn’t hear h speed, driven by a dishonest fortune-teller, was a pretty good indicator of as about to co wheel

Still he stood

My knuckles turned white

He stayedthe distance

He waited with his chin raised and that ball hovering between his large hands

I lost the battle of chicken

I wrenched the wheel The tires squealed and the car careened, headed now for the park I jolted in the seat as I popped the curb Three bodies lay sprawled out on the grass, their liles

I yanked the wheel the other way, erly, but not in time

Bump Bump

"Oh heavens no," Iover a few dead guys wasn’t nearly as bad as turning women into zombies It was all about perspective

I flopped in the seat as the car rolled off the curb and back into the street Another wrench of the steering wheel and I erving down the lanced in the rearview er still stood in the o

And he knehere I worked

Chapter Ten

Eirl froe Penny Bristol Even fronized her inize her anywhere That beautiful face was burned into his brain, with the luminous blue eyes and pixie-like features

So h his mind that all he could do was stand there and stare at the shrinking red taillights

What had she been doing here?