All Chapters of MY EX HUSBAND ABANDONED ME BUT THE MUTANT KING CHOOSE ME: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Aria had treated enough gunshot wounds to know when blood was winning, and the warm tide soaking through her gloves told her that Daniel had only minutes left unless she could slow it down."Keep your eyes open, Daniel, do you hear me? I need you awake just a little longer," Aria said, pressing the heel of her hand harder against his side while her other hand hunted through the medical bag."Medic, we have to go, now!" Holt shouted from behind the overturned jeep, swinging his rifle toward the smoke that was crawling down the road."Then come and help me lift him, instead of standing there telling me what I already know," Aria snapped, her voice cracking on the last word."Command's called the withdrawal, Foster, we're losing the position, we're..." Holt broke off when a burst of gunfire chewed the tarmac a few metres away, then ducked lower. "Aria, please!""One minute, Holt, just one, I'm not leaving him here while he's still breathing," she said, dragging the final packet of gauze

Nicholas wound both hands around the neck of the lamp and held it against his chest like a man who had just been handed a trophy, while Aria, bracing herself against the edge of the counter, kept her eyes on his knuckles instead of his face."Now, are you going to behave yourself, or do I have to explain this to you again?" Nicholas asked, lifting the lamp an inch as though its weight alone should make her flinch."You seem to have mistaken my silence for agreement," Aria said, and her voice came out lower than she meant it to, flattened by the effort of keeping her knees from folding."You're in no state to challenge me, Isabella, so stop pretending you've got some kind of advantage here."She let her gaze slide past his shoulder to the stool whose front leg stuck out into the walkway, then to the empty wine bottle beside the sink. "You're right about one thing," she said, easing her bare foot a few centimetres to the left. "I'm not in the best shape, but that doesn't mean I'll let y

The maintenance door tore free of its upper hinge with a shriek of bending steel and slammed against the wall, and a man in a torn caretaker's uniform lurched into the corridor with one shoulder hanging far lower than the other. Aria caught a fistful of Maya's hoodie and hauled her backwards, and the creature's fingers swept through the space where Maya's face had been a heartbeat earlier. "The doorway, go, get through the doorway!" Aria shouted, shoving Maya along the wall toward the gap. "What about you?" Maya cried, stumbling over the fallen mop bucket. "I'm right behind you, just move!" Maya squeezed past the creature's flailing arm and into the broken frame, and Aria followed, but a hand closed around the back of her borrowed cardigan and wrenched her off her feet. She twisted and swung the lamp blindly, and the brass cracked into its jaw with a wet crunch that barely made it blink. Maya's torch thumped down on its forearm, and the grip loosened for a moment, just long enough

The creature struck the front of the truck with a force that lifted the rear wheels off the tarmac, and the whole cabin bucked sideways in a shriek of tearing metal. Aria caught a steel stanchion above her head just as the floor tilted, and across the aisle Mrs Bennett slid along the bench with a thin cry, her bandaged leg twisting beneath her."Hold on to me, Margaret, I've got your arm," Aria said, hauling the old woman back against the side panel."Isabella, I think I'm going to be sick," Maya gasped, clutching the torch to her chest with both hands while her knees knocked against the bench."Keep your head down and don't look at it, all right?" Aria answered, pressing Maya's shoulder toward her lap.Up in the cab the driver was bellowing at the gearbox, and the engine screamed as he threw it into reverse. The truck lurched backwards a metre and then jerked to a halt, its rear wheel jammed against an abandoned saloon car. The guard swung his pistol toward the rear opening and fired