All Chapters of MY EX LEFT ME TO DIE, SO I BECAME QUEEN OF THE APOCALYPSE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Rainwater ran red down the cracked pavement.Evelyn Vale pressed one hand against her side and stumbled through the alley, every breath scraping raw inside her chest. Her fingers were slick beneath the torn edge of her jacket. Blood, rain, grime—she couldn’t tell where one ended and the other began anymore.Behind her, something screamed.Not human.Not anymore.The sound bounced between the brick walls, thin and starving and wrong, followed by the wet slap of feet through puddles.Evelyn forced herself forward.One more step.Then another.The alley opened ahead, spilling into the back lot behind Mercer Pharmacy. Half of the sign had burned out weeks ago, leaving only MERC flickering weakly through the rain. Beyond it, through the haze of smoke and storm, headlights cut across the darkness.Her chest tightened.Damian.The black SUV sat crooked near the curb, engine running, exhaust curling pale into the cold air. The back hatch was open. Someone was moving around it quickly, shoving

The blue text hovered in the air. Impossible. Evelyn stared at it while her pulse slammed violently against her ribs.SURVIVAL PROTOCOL DETECTED.COMPATIBLE HOST CONFIRMED.INITIALIZING LOGISTIC UTILIZATION SYSTEM…The letters glowed faintly against the bathroom mirror before dissolving piece by piece into static.Then they disappeared completely.Silence crashed into the room.Damian stared at her from the doorway. “Okay, now you’re seriously freaking me out.”Evelyn blinked hard. Nothing. No glowing words. No hallucinations. Only her own pale reflection stared back at her above the sink. Maybe she finally lost her mind after dying. Honestly, that would make more sense.Damian crossed his arms loosely over his chest. “Do you want me to call out of work or something?”The concern in his voice almost sounded genuine.Almost.Evelyn dragged her gaze away from the mirror slowly. “No.”Her voice came out rough.Damian frowned. “You sure?”No, she was absolutely not sure, but she knew one

By the time Evelyn left the second store, rain hammered hard enough against the windshield to blur the city into streaks of red brake-lights and gray concrete.Traffic crawled northbound. Too many people were suddenly deciding they needed bottled water and batteries at the same time.Instinct. Even if they didn’t understand it yet.Another emergency broadcast crackled through the radio before dissolving into static.“…violent incident currently under investigation…”“…public urged to remain calm…”Remain calm.The world always sounded stupid right before it collapsed.Evelyn tightened her grip on the steering wheel and took the next exit toward another warehouse store.The parking lot was packed.Not holiday-packed.Wrongly packed.People hurried through the rain, pushing overloaded carts, while employees struggled to restock bottled water near the entrance fast enough to keep up.By the third store, people were starting to notice.Not the apocalypse.Not yet.Just shortages.The war

The front windows exploded inward. Glass sprayed across the convenience store in glittering shards while people screamed and stumbled backward into shelves and displays. Something hit the floor hard.Growling.Wet.Animal.Evelyn’s body locked up for half a second.Rainwater.Teeth.Rotting hands are dragging her down. The alley slammed violently through her mind. Not again.A hand grabbed her shoulder hard enough to jerk her backward.“Evelyn.”Her name.Sharp.Grounding.Reality crashed back into place.The infected security guard dragged itself across broken glass toward the nearest customer, twitching violently. Blood soaked the front of its uniform while one arm bent wrong beneath its body.A woman screamed near the coffee station.The infected lunged toward the sound, instantly.Fast. Too fast.People scattered in blind panic.Someone knocked over an entire display rack trying to reach the back hallway, while the teenage cashier froze behind the register, staring at the blood-co