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“It’s like they were drawn here or sohtened up and looked at me “They’ve trampled the fence for the most part If I distract them, you can make a run for it”

“You can’t stay here,” I said “Zombies have overtaken the place”

“It’s my job,” Beck brushed me off “I’m not entirely sure where they took your brother There is another quarantine near Wyo north fro”

“I don’t even really knohere north is” I was only half-lying I wasn’t great at directions, but I didn’t want to leave Beck behind to die here

“When I open these doors, I’noringin the fence and keep running You can’t stop, no matter what happens”

“No, you can’t do that,” I shook my head

“I have to stay here” Beck eyed the zombies outside

I could hear soldiers, somewhere on the lawn outside ofto take the aht not even notice if we’re real quiet,” I said

“No, I can’t go with you” He looked down at ravely

I still didn’t understand, so he pulled up the sleeve of his shirt, revealing the crescent shape of teeth marks in his arm My heart clenched but I tried to keepto reconcile this He’d been invincible since I met him Without him, Max and I never would’ve survived Heas we’d been here And through everything he’d seen and done, he always had an easy s restless” Harlow pulledtheir way towards the door

“You’ve got to go,” Beck said emphatically

“You’re not infected yet,” I said I did not want to leave him, and I wasn’t even sure that I could

“Go” His eyes were moist “You don’t have any more time if you want to make it out alive, and Max needs you”

I nodded, unable to think of so to say I knew this would be the last ti I just turned and pushed open the shattered doors

His gun started blasting, and I couldn’t look back I ran as fast asand barbwire bent all over the ground at the edge of the lawn I stuht myself before I fell Tears threatened rowled behind me, and I didn’t have any tie of town, and nothing but desert stretched out before us My feet pounded on the dirt, andA pain shot downup