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“No,” I said softly “You can’t come with us”

I motioned to the scratches on her arm The way the zombie had drooled and bled all over her, she had to be infected

“What?” Sommer didn’t understand at first, then frantically wiped at her arm, as if she could clean out the infection “No It’s just a scratch I’ll be fine”

“Maybe,” I said “But I can’t take the risk”

“You can’t just leave me out in thedown her cheeks

She was a sirl, and she’d just been injured I didn’t want to leave her out here, but I had only two options in this situation, and she would like the second one even less

“I’ us

“What if more zo back tears, I kept un in , I aimed at her “You can’t come with us”

“But what if I’m not infected?” So et to my brother, and I can’t do that if you turn into a zombie and kill us I don’t want to kill you, so I’d rather leave you here noith a chance of survival”

“But…” Soument for that, and her whole body slacked

She stared helplessly atbetter to offer her I knew she wouldn’t try to follow us this ti north

“I’er “I’ll never forget you”

So, but I don’t kno anybody could respond to that We’d just left her in the desert to die

I’d just created another vessel to spread the damn virus Imyself to kill her Not when she was still a person, with rational thought and eh, and I hoped I didn’t run into her then

Harlow hurried to lanced over at her, and I could see theoff her silent tears I tried to think of so

I hadn’t even shed a tear over Beck, and as soon as I realized that, I pushed it from my mind I didn’t want to cry for hiun,” Harlow said at length She still held it, so I took it fro I needed was for her to shoot off her foot or soun back to her Harlow shoved it in the waist of her skirt, and it looked weird and bulky in her outfit

Harloore a lace triing over it She had a ings