“It’s all a lie.”
“But the thing you said with the dogs, the genetic engineering, that can’t be true. It’s impossible.”
He slammed his fist down on the table. “It’s not impossible! People fuck with nature. It fucks back.”
“Shhh…” she warned, looking around the room. There was no one in the cafeteria now but a small crew that was starting to put out pancakes and cereal for the breakfast shift. No one seemed to be paying any attention to them.
He leaned in and whispered. “This disaster is no accident. Somebody was responsible for this mess!”
“Who?” she asked, wondering if the infection had affected his mind as much as his body.
“The truth would make your skin crawl.”
When he wouldn’t elaborate, she told him about Aidan’s theories that the government or the military had something to do with the epidemic. Her words caused flames to dance in the waters of his blue eyes. She knew that she’d never seen him so angry as his chest heaved up and down and his nostrils flared.
“That’s bullshit. This is the greatest war our country has ever seen. We’ve been turned on ourselves, and by someone from within.”
She desperately wanted to know what he was talking about, but now wasn’t the time to draw it out of him. Instead of pressing him further, she held onto him, feeling like Beauty embracing the Beast.
This wasn’t a fairytale, though, and she was not some helpless princess. Her struggle for survival had forged her into a new being. She felt like a soldier now, and she was ready to fight against whatever challenges the future held—against whoever had caused such misery for them and the rest of the world.
With Mark by her side, she felt invincible.
Bring it on…
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Table of Contents
Title Page
PART I:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
PART II:
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Part III:
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
Table of Contents
Title Page
PART I:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
PART II:
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Part III:
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
Table of Contents
Title Page
PART I:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
PART II:
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Part III:
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
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