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CHAPTER SEVEN

BLOOD TYPES

The kids fell asleep, after a while It was maybe three in the afternoon--hard to tell inside because the lighting was the sa I don’t knohat time it was, but Astrid had told them it was tis like the walking dead

The twins slept together, and Max and Ulysses s next to each other Chloe and Batiste were sort of the odd le up to Chloe, but she wouldn’t have it

"Quit it, Batiste," she said "You smell"

She pushed him away

"It’s a sin to push," Batistesoed!"

"No, it’s not!" Batiste protested

"Yes, it is!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No"

"Yes!"

"Co is not a sin!" Batiste yelled

"It is too, if the girl getting hugged doesn’t want it!" Chloe countered

"Hey!" Astrid hollered "Shut up!"

Then Chloe hit Batiste in the sto tokid

Then Batiste said it was a sin to punch soradually his cries gave way to the shallow rhythm of sleep breath

It was a relief to have them asleep Astrid and I sort of looked at each other and sed family life, with the two of us cast just where I’d like us to be, in about twenty years, but, of course, with about five too ood with kids," she said to ood with the with her

"Counselor of the year, Indian Brook Day Ca a loose tendril of blond hair behind her ear

"That’s really soed and walked away, over to the broken television, where the rest of the big kids were sitting and listening

Everyone looked up e ca with everyone, but was just staring ahead There but not entirely "there"

"He’s talking about the compounds," Alex told me in a whisper

Whoever the anchor was, he had a very deep, reassuring voice Nevertheless, what he told us was terrifying

"Residents of the southwestern region of the United States," he told us "Please be advised: There has been a breach of the chee units located at NORAD in Colorado Springs, Colorado

"The compounds attack based on blood type People with blood type A will develop severe blisters on all exposed skin After prolonged exposure, the internal organs will begin to hean failure and death"

I looked at Niko He was type A Personality and blood type, apparently

"People who have type AB blood suffer from paranoid delusions and possible hallucinations"

Brayden buried his head in his hands

"There is confusion as to the effects on people with type B blood It is possible they will suffer fro-term reproductive difficulties and sterility But there is hope that people with type B blood suffer no consequences from exposure"

Alex and Sahalia had been on the roof and showed no symptoms at all They were type B Jake, too, as he had been exposed in the storeroons

My brother would be okay That was some comfort to me

"People with type O blood, which is the ed and violent Avoid these people at all costs Containing them in a closet or basement is advised, if possible"

I felt everyone look at ate rattler

Awesome

"Fortunately, the coet to a safe place and flush your skin and mucus membranes with clean water The effects subside within ten to twenty e to all blood types except for type B"