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CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO
The fey joggingalongside my door said something. I couldn’t hear it, but I saw his lips move.
A few moments later, Molev appeared. He jumped onto the vehicle, holding onto the side so he could talk to me through the window.
“Scouts ran ahead last night, clearing many of the infected while they searched for fuel. We will see them soon. Be ready.”
Those ominous words turned out to be an understatement about ten minutes later.
The first road block wasn’t the half-assed attempt that we’d seen on the way but a full-blown blockade across the road with hundreds of infected around the cars.
Our radio crackled to life.
“We’re pushing through it. Keep a steady speed, and don’t stop,” Sid said.
I could hear them hit the cars a minute later. Infected swarmed as we made our way through. The fueler took out a fair number, which splattered my windshield. Having learned from previous experience, I waited to use my wipers until the last moment, just in case any decided to jump on the vehicle. I didn’t need to worry, though. Our fey escort removed any that managed to gain a handhold.
“Three fey are falling behind to deal with the runners,” Katie said.
“Which is just about all of them,” Roni said.
I glanced in my mirror, noting the same thing.
Were there no newly turned infected because they’d gotten them all in this area or because there weren’t as many infected around to find the humans still hiding?
I hoped it was the latter and not the former.
We saw more roadblocks and infected after that, but none of those were quite as large of a grouping. When we stopped to refuel, we switched up who was driving. Navigating wasn’t so much navigating as it was just watching for infected traps. Even then, it wasn’t much work with our escort.
Katie passed out MREs before my stomach even had a chance to growl.
“Bored?” I asked.
“Hungry,” she mumbled, retreating to the back to eat hers. But not before I saw the way her eyes welled.
All the pieces clicked into place.
“Katie,” I said, twisting to look back at her. “Are you pregnant?”
She burst into silent tears as she shot me a panicked look and held her finger to her lips.
“What?” Roni asked. “What’s she saying?”
“Eyes on the road, Roni,” I said, giving her a don’t-ask-questions look.
Her eyes rounded. Then she looked out her window, shook her head, and waved at the fey there like it was all a big joke.
“I’m sorry for picking on you for eating,” I said, keeping my head turned to look at Katie. That’s how I saw Ben’s head suddenly pop into view through the back window. I ignored his wide-eyed shock. “You’re right. It’s better to eat when it’s quiet than to get hungry and not be able to eat later.”
I blinked at her twice. She paused opening her MRE to stare at me.
“What did you pick?” I asked, glancing down at mine.
“I didn’t look. I just grabbed.”
I met her gaze. “Sometimes, it’s better not to look.” She nodded that she understood. “I got tuna,” I added.
She ducked her head and focused on her food. I faced forward and did the same, feeding Roni hers between bites of my own.
