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Saff shook her head lightly. “It’ll still work after its expired. It’s just less effective. I’ll need more of it.”
Maddie went quiet for a moment, as she seemed to consider what she said. “You know, my offer still stands,” she said finally. “You could come with me to Brighton and see if they have what you need.”
Saff swallowed down the popcorn in her mouth. It wasn’t that she hadn’t considered it. She had. But it just didn’t make sense. Now that she’d found the bunker, leaving it so soon would be too big a risk. She had valuable supplies there, and it would be stupid not to take full advantage of that.
“I’ll figure something out,” she finally replied.
Chapter twelve
This time when she awoke, Maddie smelled what she thought was cooked meat—and coffee.
Definitely coffee.
She blinked, rolling over on the soft cot and pulling the sleeping bag up to her chin.
Two small orbs of light glowed in the darkness where Saff had left the lanterns on. They'd been on since the first moment that they'd walked down there two nights before.
It wasn’t perfect, but the bunker was growing on her. Being underground wasn’t exactly ideal, but now that she was used to it, it felt safe—comfortable even.
Staying inside and out of the sunlight, she could leave her sunglasses off without worrying about getting a migraine. And since the area was mostly dark, with only a couple of small lights, navigating was much easier, which gave her a sense of ease she hadn't felt since their community had been raided.
Quiet noises came from further in the main room as she pushed the blanket back off of her reluctantly and sat up in the bed, stretching her neck from side to side.
“You want coffee?” Saff asked from the area with the light on the left side.
“There's—coffee?” she replied, her mouth instantly pulling up into a smile.
“I grabbed a bag from that house we stayed in. Just made it in the pot outside.”
Maddie took an extra moment to stretch her still sore muscles before setting her bare feet down on the cold floor. She immediately picked up her cane and made her way to where she knew the table and chair were.
When she felt the chair in front of her, she pulled it out and sat down, resting her cane against the side of the table.
Something scraped against the table in front of her, then she heard Saff’s voice. “Here's the coffee.”
“Thanks,” she replied with a smile, carefully feeling for the mug.
She took a sip, then set it down, taking a deep breath as the scent of cooked meat filled her nostrils.
As if right on cue, Saff asked, “Do you want any rabbit?”
“Rabbit? Like—fresh rabbit?”
Saff hummed. “Caught one this morning.”
Maddie chuckled. “Did I really sleep in that late? What time is it?”
A beat of silence passed before Saff answered. “A little before eight.”
Maddie took another sip of the coffee. “As in—eight in the morning?”
“Mhm.”
“Geez, how long have you been up?”
Saff grunted some noncommital noise. “A while. I don’t like sleeping in.”
Maddie snorted, taking another sip. “Of course you don’t.”
