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Then, slowly, she heard something else.
Footsteps, maybe?
But they weren’t coming from where Saff was. They were muffled, much farther away.
One of the infected?
If it was, Saff would easily spot them before they could approach.
Then she froze.
A voice?
Right as she was about to step forward to where Saff had gone, her blood went cold at the man’s voice.
“Saff?”
Chapter forty-three
Saff stared ahead, lips parting in shock, as Mike turned into the end of the alley and stopped.
His face looked the same, but even in the short distance between them, she could see a difference in his eyes.
They gleamed with a new madness.
He blinked, watching her for a moment before bursting into a roaring laugh.
She flinched, her grip tightening around the radio in her hand, wishing desperately that she hadn’t set her rifle down beside Maddie just moments before.
And she didn’t dare glance in Maddie’s direction.
If Maddie stayed where she was, then she’d remain protected by the few feet of the protruding wall blocking her from his view.
“I can’t believe it,” he said, laughing. “Thought I was going crazy for a sec when I caught you coming down the street. We thought you’d been eaten by zombies or something!”
He continued laughing, his whole body shaking as he took another step toward her.
She froze, unable to move even a single muscle.
He cocked his head, his laughter finally dying out.
“Where’ve you been?” he asked in a way that somehow said he wasn’t really looking for an answer.
She remained silent, tracking his every movement.
Then his eyes snaked down to the radio in her hands.
“What’ve you got there?” he asked, teeth gleaming like that of someone who’d become more animal than man.
“You know,” he continued, again not waiting for an answer, “the others thought you split on us. Thought you took the meds and ran.” His eyes flashed back up to hers, letting out a low, growling chuckle. “But I said no. Travis’ kid wouldn’t do that. Wouldn’t abandon her own.” He stared at her for a moment, a wicked smirk spreading across his face. “Guess I was wrong.”
He let the words hang for a second before dropping his eyes and shaking his head.
The second he did, Saff shot a sharp glance to where Maddie stood, inching to the edge of the wall, shotgun raised in her hands.
Saff swallowed, silently begging her not to move.
She watched Maddie move another inch forward, her shoulder and the tip of the gun finally peaking out around the edge of the wall.
