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“I am tired, but it’s my head and what I said to Rachel.The vaccine won’t be enough, but that’s all people like Waurlyn seem to be focusing on.”
He cupped the back of my head and set his forehead to mine.
In front of everyone.
“Damn,” Roni said nearby.“Thought he was going in for a kiss.”
Someone snorted.
“The vaccine is a start,” Molev said softly, ignoring our audience.“My brothers are hunting the hounds, even now, decreasing their numbers.Do not give up.Not now, Andie.Keep fighting.”
I pulled back and met his gaze.
“I’m not giving up.”
“Then keep fighting.”
I smiled slightly.“Yes, sir.”
He grunted but didn’t release me.Instead, he held my gaze, and I could see the hunger creep into his.My smile faded.
“Do it!”Roni yelled.“Slip her some tongue.”
I twisted out of Molev’s hold and gave her a dry look.
“You have way too much energy.Obviously, you’re not trying hard enough either.”
Molev paired us off again, and this time, it was Steve and me against Roni.She didn’t bite me as much but not from lack of effort on her part.
By the time we headed back to the house, I was dead on my feet and too focused on how I’d survive the next day to worry about the future.
We continued our intense training, and one day blurred into the next in a familiar routine of fatigue and survival that reminded me of our time in the field.And I didn’t mind it.It made our time waiting for news feel like we were actually doing something constructive.
On our fifth day, though, the routine was interrupted by the arrival of a truck full of soldiers in full gear.
Waurlyn was with them.
“Molev, the men and women you’ve been training are having more success when deployed.Would you be willing to train on a larger level?”
“I will welcome anyone who is willing to learn,” he said.
After that, we had a full platoon with us every day.Some of them talked about the missions they ran to gather supplies from places on the other side of the mountain range.Thanks to them, we learned how things had changed in the three weeks since we’d been here.The undead were getting smarter with their traps and were working together in bigger groups to ambush squads.
“I swear that I can actually see some of them thinking now,” one man said.“Creepy as fuck.And some of their eyes don’t look as cloudy.”
“The worst is when you see the new ones,” another said.“They prove there are still people out there.”
“How often do you leave for supplies?”Molev asked.
They exchanged a look.
“No need to answer,” he said.“I will speak with Waurlyn.”
We saw her that evening with the doctor.
“How are your supplies?”she asked.“Is there enough protein?”
The afternoon we’d returned from the evac, our fridge had been stocked with burgers, brats, and steak.And it was restocked every four days now.
