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Herrin is taunting us by being this close

“Hershel’s bike is definitely parked out there, along with a few others I recognize,” Jude says, walking fro back to his ride, while I listen tomy stomach sink

“Answer your fucking phone!” Drake is shouting in the e that’s just a few seconds old “Maya says they’re co positive for some reason, and—fuck!”

His voice cuts out as gunfire sounds against unfire

Screa irls are under fire You deal with this!” I shout at Drex, whose eyes widen

“Go,” Sledge says to Drex, his eyes on the Royal Inn “Leave half with me”

Drex starts snapping out orders for which ones need to follow us, but I’ in and out of traffic the second I get turned around

My entire body is strung tight, and an old, very distant feeling I haven’t felt in years almost chokes me

Fear

I haven’t been this scared since I was a kid, but right now, I’ether as I skid around a curve, ales to hit a ditch instead of me

It doesn’t slowon ible force

It’s Maya’s

Cutting a ten minute drive in half, I slide in sideways on our street, seeing the building come into view Sirens wail in the distance, probably on their way to us, and h thenear the top

It’s not on fire, but I can tell they just blew the fucking hangar to pieces

I leap offit skid across the paveh the door

Colleen is frantically pulling at the door near the back that probably sealed after the explosion, a safetyeverywhere like a blanket of gray snow Wires hang and flicker with electricity Glass is shattered everywhere

The worst of the da half the warehouse barely affected

My eyes scan the place as Drex bursts in behindto Colleen More panic rises when I can’t find Maya, fear ratcheting up more by the second

“Maya!” I shout, barely getting the word out as my heartbeat echoes inside my own ears