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Chapter 36 — Breach

Author: Brandi Rae
last update publish date: 2026-06-04 02:11:20

The attack reached the fence before anyone finished deciding what to do about it. One moment, the infected were only shapes moving through the fog below the ridge. The next, they slammed into the eastern perimeter hard enough to shake the entire structure.

Metal screamed beneath the impact. The rope anchors snapped tight, dragging against the stump Rowan had secured them to days before. Mud shifted beneath the support posts, and the whole fence bowed inward with a low, awful groan that carried
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