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after this. You won’t hurt Timber.” Veronica’s voice cracked as she spoke. Blondie simply nodded.

Veronica slowly unwrapped the pieces of fabric from her hand and let them fall away, revealing a well healed but obviously human bite mark. Blondie inspected her hand and held the lantern close to get a better look.

“How long ago were you bitten?” Blondie asked. Veronica thought for a moment.

“A week ago, I think. Let me check something.” Veronica moved slowly and removed her pill bottle from her bag. She peered through the orange bottle and saw one pill. “I have one antibiotic left so today is day seven.”

“So, it’s been a full week and you haven’t gotten sick? Was the bite from an Eater?” Blondie asked. Veronica nodded.

“Yeah. I was working in a hospital and a whacked-out-patient brought into the ER attacked me. I only got this. My coworker had his throat ripped out.”

Blondie set the lantern down, grabbed Veronica’s hand, and brought it to her face, inspecting it. She kept a firm grip on the gun and kept it trained on Veronica.

Veronica kept her eyes on the gun and debated trying to grab it. But the odds of that ending well were not in her favor. After what seemed like ages, Blondie released her hand and lowered the gun.

“I’ve never seen someone who was in close contact with an Eater not turn. Let alone someone who was bit by one. Everyone has died or turned by the seventh day, and here you are not even sick.” Blondie’s forehead creased and her eyes stayed locked on Veronica. “You’re immune.”

“I don’t know about that and neither do you.” Veronica shook her head.

“What else makes sense?” Blondie asked.

Veronica thought for a moment, but nothing came to her. She shrugged.

“I haven’t let myself think about it too much, honestly. I was just focused on getting to my brother and finding somewhere safe.”

“Where is your brother?”

“It doesn’t matter now. The helicopter he sent for me crashed and last time I tried to call him he didn’t answer.”

“You should come with me.”

“You pulled a gun on me and drugged my dog!” Veronica screamed. Blondie sighed.

“I saw that bandage when you gave me the can of peaches earlier, and I needed to make sure you weren’t infected. I’ve been fooled before. I’m sorry.” Veronica nodded.

Where else was she going to go? Being with someone was safer than being on her own. Especially someone who had the supplies and apparent experience Blondie did. It was either go with her or eventually die on her own. Blondie started shoving things back into her bag.

“Do you promise not to pull a gun on me again? And to leave my fucking dog alone?”

“As long as you don’t get sick. Yes.” Blondie glanced over at her before moving to the old man’s canned goods supply and tossing some into her bag.

“If you get sick, do I get to pull the gun on you?” Veronica grabbed her bag and pulled it to her chest.

“That’s fair.” Blondie nodded and zipped up her bag. Timber stirred in the corner.

“Okay then. You have a deal. Where are we going?” Veronica watched as Timber’s eyes slowly fluttered open and he sat up. Relief washed over her.

“It’s a long story and I’ll explain it all on the way. You do realize if you’re really immune you could be the key to stopping this, right? We have to get you to someone who can figure this out.”

Veronica’s eyes widened. She had barely let the idea of being immune cross into her thoughts, let alone allowed herself to think about what that would mean for the rest of the world. She shook her head.

“You are like more important than the President now.” Blondie said with a smile.

“I don’t know if I like that.”

“Oh, poor you. Savior of humanity. Immune to the deadliest virus known to man. Poor Veronica.” Blondie laughed. Veronica couldn’t help but chuckle.

“I guess it could be worse.”

“Oh, if this apocalypse has taught me anything, it’s that things can always get worse.” She swung her pack onto her back and smiled at Veronica. “By the way. My name is Gabby.”

Also by Karri Kadin

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About the Author

About the Author

Karri writes stories for the end of the world. Some of her favorite show’s like The 100 and The Walking Dead prove she’s not the only one obsessed with the apocalypse, zombies, and surviving the worst case scenario.

She has always been a book nerd but didn’t start crafting her own stories until adulthood. It only took one horrible first draft for her to be hooked. She loves writing about normal people in extraordinary situations.

She lives in Oklahoma, USA with more bug out bags than people, possibly too much freeze dried food, and her family that thinks she’s crazy. When she’s not writing she can be found spending time with her loved ones, binging her current tv obsession, or working on her podcast The Blitzed Book Club.

Karri writes fantasy under the pen name Karri Roberts and post-apocalyptic sci-fi under Karri Kadin.