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“Lia, come here” I held my hand out to her, but I couldn’t walk out to her I had to stay where I was, holding Harlow back

“I’m sorry” Lia just stared at me

She tried to step forward, but her knees buckled, and she fell back on the road Her open eyes stared blankly up at the sky above her Harlow sobbed, bucking at o

“Remy!” Lazlo shouted “Harlow!”

He peered around the corner of the building behind us It was behind the barbecue restaurant that Harlow and Lia had come from, so I suspected that he’d snuck out the backdoor into the alley

Harlow stopped fighting and cried li her away from me so I could look her in the eye

“Go Hurry,” I said, and thankfully, she nodded once and ran back to Lazlo

Lia lay dead only a few feet in front of et her I didn’t want to leave her there like that, just a discarded body ast so many other bodies, but I didn’t want to risk my life to move her

I stood alone in the middle of the empty street, and I couldn’t

All I ever did was think about surviving Getting frothat came before it But suddenly, I couldn’t see the point in surviving

This is what it was like to survive To kill people, to kill infected humans, to watch innocent people die for no reason This is the world I was fighting to stay in

“Rehly

I didn’t want to move I didn’t want to leave Lia alone, and I didn’t see any reason to go But he was pullingthe way, ain too

When we rounded the corner, Harlow stood there crying, and Blue had his ar next to another guy He wore a dirty flannel shirt, his hair was cropped close, and he was are, so I assua asked Apparently, they hadn’t seen what happened

“She’s not co past it He had to have seen her body when he grabbed me, and we didn’t have time forit sink in

“What’s going on?” I asked My mouth felt dry and stiff, and I had to force it to speak I felt completely disconnected fro I did frouy informed me tersely His eyes darted around, and he looked scruffy and dirty in a way that Lazlo soed to avoid “We have a compound nearby”