LOGINRome: I had a very bad feeling.It wasn’t because everyone else had felt the mate bond with Fallon by now. At this point, that hardly surprised me anymore.What bothered me was Christina.When everything went wrong, I had seen her holding Fallon’s hand and pulling her along right behind us. She knew exactly where we were headed. While Fallon had been distracted, looking around and worrying about everyone else, Christina had kept her eyes fixed on us.Our gazes had even met once.I had expected her to lead Fallon straight toward us.But she never did.Now they were both gone.I kept my suspicions to myself, but uneasiness gnawed at me. It didn’t help that the others had been bickering nonstop. Ever since they found out Miguel had felt the mate bond too, the tension between them had grown worse, especially between Ace and Miguel.Cage, on the other hand, had lost most of his usual spark.The reason was obvious. He had just learned that his mother was dead. There was no way he co
Ace:We were running like we had gone mad.At one point, a zombie got so close that its teeth nearly sank into my shoulder. If Rome hadn’t grabbed me and dragged me out of the way in time, it probably would have taken a bite out of me.The problem was that I had boarded the bus before most of the others and ended up farther inside, so once I spotted the zombie, getting out through the crowd became nearly impossible. Rome, however, managed to maneuver his way through everyone and pull me to safety.We kept running until we stumbled into one of the nearby streets, where the rest of us eventually reunited.Everyone else had disappeared in different directions. People had been scrambling over one another in their desperation to escape.It was one of the most bizarre situations we had ever gotten ourselves tangled up in.“How the heck did a zombie get in there?” Cage complained, smacking his forehead.“That’s not even the right question. The real question is, did everyone survive?” I co
Fallon:Panic broke out, and everyone started running in every direction. Within seconds, they were rushing so fast that people began throwing themselves at whoever was trying to get through the door.“Hey!” I protested, nearly tumbling out of the bus when someone caught hold of me.I looked up to find her standing on the last step, one hand gripping mine while the other held my bag. If she had not caught me, I would have gone straight down and probably hit my head.I quickly jumped down beside her, but she did not let go. Instead, she kept hold of my hand as we took off running.“Come on, let’s go. I know a place where we can hide from them,” Christina called, pulling me along before I could think twice.I did not even stop to ask how she knew somewhere safe. I simply followed her. With everything happening around us, my mind was all over the place.Then she suddenly tugged me aside and slipped into a narrow street, drawing me in after her. Only when we were tucked away from the
Fallon:It was the most awkward ten minutes as we gathered around, searching for the infected woman.And I completely blocked out what just happened between me and Miguel.Her husband finally appeared, almost as if he had never gone anywhere.He came from the back of the mall, rubbing his shoulders before stopping when he noticed all of us staring at him.My eyes narrowed at his shirt.There was blood on it."What the heck did you do?" I screamed, trying to approach him, but Ace wrapped his arms around me and pulled me back, keeping me away from the man.The man dragged himself forward and faced everyone from the bus."What did you do to her?" I demanded, struggling to free myself from Ace's grip."I had to kill her since you couldn't," he hissed.My jaw dropped, and my body went numb for a second."I mean, he didn't do anything wrong," a woman from the crowd spoke up. "You've been dragging an infected person around with us this whole time.""We should start heading toward the militar
Miguel:I had been feeling strange ever since I found out that all of them were mated to Fallon.It left me feeling completely left out. But it was more than that.I was hurt.Jealous, too.A whole mess of emotions had been eating away at me.Then something else crossed my mind.Everything happens for a reason. I had heard that somewhere before.And wasn’t it strange that every guy she had met on the bus that day had been an alpha male, and every one of them had felt the mate bond with her?So why was I the only one left out?The thought made me uneasy, but it also stirred my curiosity.So I did what seemed like the only thing I could do.I wanted to find out for myself. I wanted to test my luck.I knew it was a long shot, and there were no guarantees, but I had to try.As everyone started to move on, I deliberately slowed my pace.Fallon turned and glanced back at me.“Come on, Miguel. We need to find them,” she told me.Everyone else had already scattered to search, which made it ea
Fallon:I couldn't believe I was watching people behave this stupidly.They were all yelling at my sister when there had clearly been some kind of misunderstanding.One look at Dahlia told me that if I hadn't arrived, she would've been terrified."Do you even know what she did?" the woman started shouting again.I raised the same hand gesture I'd already used before, telling her to lower her voice.I'd warned her repeatedly that we weren't in the normal world anymore, where she could yell and scream whenever she wanted.There were freaking zombies around us.Hungry for our flesh."Okay," she said, lowering her voice. "What I'm saying is, I found her with my husband. He had a wound on his forehead, and he said she came onto him. When he refused, she hit him."She delivered the accusation in a much softer voice this time.I glanced toward my mates and Miguel.None of them seemed to have a particularly strong reaction, and I couldn't tell whether it was because they didn't like Dahlia or
Fallon:“Your brother raped his sister. And you covered for him with fake reports so he could walk free. Ring a bell?” Cage hissed, running a hand through his blond hair to fix them.I was clueless.Just moments ago, their greetings had made me feel important.Now even breathing among them felt forb
Fallon:"Have a seat. You must be tired, fighting zombies and surviving the whole day on your own," the soldier said, his deep voice smooth and full of assurance.He knew exactly how good-looking he was.I had never known anyone except Nathan, so seeing four tall, striking, uniformed officers in one
Fallon:I forced myself upright, my gaze locked on the zombie closing in.Up close, it looked even worse than I had imagined.I glanced toward the neighboring houses, hoping someone would come out and help me.But no one did.I was on my own.A sharp gulp caught in my throat as I staggered back.My
Fallon:"I don't want another woman pregnant right now," my alpha husband barked into the phone."Wait. Who else is pregnant?” I gasped.“And I'm not just another woman. I'm your mate. Your wife," I pressed, my fingers tightening against the edge of the kitchen counter."Oh, fuck. I didn’t mean it l







