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Wrapping a sheet around lass shattering would attract more zoet out of here without an undead escort

Max didn’t have much in the way of weapons, so I snapped a brooh e of motion a bit, but I neededcock-eyed in front of the building I wasn’t sure what kind of store it had been, since there was the only the word Molly’s in bigthe doorway to the store, and the rest of the sign leaned up at an angle, so the S was at the top, nearly reaching the roof

When I dropped out of theonto the M, it creaked and groaned under my feet, and for one horrible second, I was certain it would crash to the ground below me But it didn’t, so I scraathered below , and one of the sound It reh and the sound a dinosaur had n, and I had to jue above me The first time I missed it and fell back onto the S The metal screeched below me, and it wouldn’t hold up for e in the next jump, I’d end up on the sidewalk below

I crouched low, pushing ht the edge of the concrete lip around the roof Using

Once I’d pulledthe zo for the M, but they never quite et it, they would probably only succeed in pulling the sign down on top of them Max and Stella were still safe in their loft

I went across the roof to the other side of the building, where the stairs would lead away from the welded doorway The rickety wooden stairs were still intact, and there weren’t any zoh noise in the front of the store to keep the at the top of the stairs wasn’t as close to the roof as I’d have liked I cliently as I could I was still several feet froo, dropping down

My ankle groaned at , I pulled up ood neas that it wasn’t broke It still hurt, but I didn’t think it was sprained It’d just be sore for a little bit, but I could walk it off

A lone zoet him before he summoned the rest of the zo before he did

I stood up quickly, ignoring the pain inof the stairs so I could slide down to the bottom As soon as my feet hit the sidewalk, the zombie noticed me He was only a few feet away, and he opened his , but that wouldn’t stop hirabbed the broken brooan to croak out a sound, I swung the stick, and it connected hard with his head There was a loud crack as his neck snapped, and his head flew off his body

Before any other zombies came out to play, I turned around and ran I didn’t want to lead any of the, so I had to hurry and reave me He knew all the best ways to squeeze around town and where to hide if zoive chase, I ed to lose it when I slid between two houses and crawled underneath a porch Then I was free and clear, running toward the house

Fron of them, so I cautiously went inside The front door had been torn off before we’d gotten there, and I knocked on the hen I came in