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Chapter Fourteen Hallam and Marlena had decided that they’d be going to look for another boat to get across the river. I didn’t think this was a good…

Chapter Thirteen “I’m sorry,” Polly said. “Put down your gun.” “No fucking way,” I said, cocking it. She put her hands up, her eyes widening in fear. “I’m…

Chapter Twelve Kieran and I grabbed guns and ammunition from the weapons room. Then we climbed back in the Subaru and took off. I was convinced they were…

Chapter Eleven I was sleeping, a beautiful dreamless sleep like I hadn’t had in a long time, when a rough hand shook me awake. It was Gus. “They’re…

Chapter Ten I froze, horrified. Jason grinned at me, an awful grin. And then he walked past me, following his men back into the camp. Now that the…

Chapter Nine I awoke in Kieran’s arms. We were both zipped inside a sleeping bag that we’d gotten from the back of the Subaru. The morning breeze lifted…

Chapter Eight It was a long walk back to the church, since Kieran was in a lot of pain. It had been hell just getting him to his…

Chapter Seven I didn’t move. He couldn’t be talking to me. “Azazel,” he said. Damn it. He was bluffing anyway. There was no way he could have seen…

Chapter Six The OF encampment was in a tizzy when we arrived. Kieran and I had trouble finding Hallam and Marlena. No one seemed to be able to…

Chapter Five The baby was sleeping. I’d found some diapers and changed him. He had a heck of a diaper rash. (And that had been the grossest diaper…