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"I did say that," Boden agreed "But when I said ‘left behind’ I didn’t mean ‘hauled off by zombies’"

"Bishop’s not a zombie yet She’s just insane"

"Like that o with you"

"You can’t" I shookwas injured, Daniels was no good in a fight, and Max was just a kid Without Boden, they were easy targets for any crazy person or flesh-eatingthe sa do you wantuntil it’s dark" I looked up at the cloud-covered sky We hadcould use the rest Wait until o on without er, like he wanted to say so more

But he didn’t, so I started to walk away from him

"Remy," Boden called afterbackwards toward the house "Don’t do anything stupid Stay safe And… come back in one piece"

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If the snow had been real snow instead of the unk it was, it would’ve been easier to follow Bishop She would’ve left tracks for me to find Every now and then I would catch one – a srass and snow But I was ut

The area around the farht If it had been all flat land, I would’ve had a clear view of her running with a child But I didn’t

I started off running at first, but then I became paranoid I’d miss a footprint or lose her track if I hurried too fast Slowing downthe distance between ave me a whole different kind of panic

I’d left the h to know that I was heading in the direction of the city Thatout to the infected, the large zo Bishop to join theh, if Bishop ot to her, then this would no longer be a rescue irl like Stella could survive a mob of zombies I was pretty sure that even I couldn’t do that

My only hope was that Bishop wasn’t a zombie yet, and I’m pretty sure she’d taken Stella to protect her In heras she still had so Stella safe