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    They wanted everyst bit.


    Just then, another set of cutlery dropped food onto the greedy men’s tes.


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    “I’ve got some left,” Lucas said as he passed over the rest of his food to them like an adult handing out candy to children.


    Once everyone had been properly fed and sent back to their spots, Lucas instinctively nced over at Theresa. She met his eyes, and the two shared a brief smile.


    Theresa scooped what remained from her te and gave it all to Kyle as an extra portion. Everyone else also had their own hearty second servings,


    While things at K1 Camp were lively and full of warmth, it was a different story over at Haven Camp. Their supplies were running low, so each person simply boiled water and had a cup of instant noodles to get by. The smell wafting over from next door was sheer torture.


    If Lucas and Kl Camp had been there on their own, Wolfe would’ve thickened his skin and gone over, suggesting the two camps eat together–maybe trade some noodles for a bit of soup and meat.


    But Theresa was there.


    And since she’d already thoroughly put Wolfe in his ce, he didn’t dare make a sound. He just sat and stared, eating his sad cup of instant noodles while the others feasted.


    After the meal, everyone began preparing to sleep.


    Kl Camp split into two shifts–half would stand guard for the first half of the night, while the others would rest and take overter.


    Theresa, naturally, didn’t have to lift a finger–especially after treating everyone to such a rich dinner. She was like the group’s collective treasure. They had her sleep in the center, surrounding her in a protective circle.


    Theresa had been through far worse than this. Beingpletely surrounded by men, front and back, wasn’t enough to make her blink. She wrapped herself in her thick coat andy downfortably in the middle.


    The snowstorm continued through the night, and the temperature kept dropping.


    Malls without central heating in the dead of winter were bitterly cold, especially because the wide open spaces let heat dissipate almost instantly. The only light came from a single dim LED coldmp. Since the mall had been cleared of goods, it was more open now, and the orange–red glow from the snow outside bled in through the floor–to–ceiling windows.


    In the second half of the night, Theresa woke up from the cold


    Even nestled in the center of a bunch of human furnaces, she still felt the chill. Maybe it was a gender thing–men and women felt cold differently, and in such frigid conditions, even a crowded mall couldn’t keep the cold out.


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    “What’s wrong?”


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    She’d just started to crawl out of her cocoon of coats when a voice came from the bundle of shadows beside her. Lucas had woken up too.


    “Just going to the bathroom,” Theresa said, bundling up in three or four moreyers and stepping out to walk around a bit and warm herself up.


    “Want me toe with you?”


    She gave Lucas a look like he’d just suggested something ridiculous. “What, you wanna hold my hand while I pee?”


    Lucas was at a loss for words. It wasmon knowledge that girls always went to the restroom in pairs..


    Theresa quickly stopped messing with him and declined the offer, quietly making her way out of the circle and heading toward the restrooms in the far corners of the mall.


    The public restrooms were located on the far left and right ends of the final row of stores. Their group was camped out right in the middle, which meant she had to walk all the way to one end.


    She chose the right side and headed down the corridor. The snow was still falling outside. The closer she got to the hallway, the brighter her path became–illuminated by that strange, orange–red glow. Along the sides of the corridor stood ory scattered human–shaped figures: mannequins.


    Zombies had already been cleared out, but walking alone down a dark, silent hallway littered with human forms was eerie in a way nothing else quite was, especially when she passed a cross–section and nced into one of the pitch–ck shops. The hallway inside was so dark and narrow that it felt like a beast might leap out at any moment.


    Theresa’s gaze turned icy as she swept her eyes over every passage before finally reaching the restroom.


    <i>Click</i><i>. </i>


    She struck a small me, lit a cigarette, and leaned against the sink counter, the soft amber glow of the fire casting a warm light across her features.


    Halfway through her smoke, she heard footsteps approaching.


    “Who the hell is that woman? Why does K1 Camp treat her like royalty? They all act like she walks on


    water,”


    “No idea. Wolfe says she runs some little camp somewhere.”


    <i>“</i><i>Pfft</i><i>. </i>Some b*tch like that can’t be much. She probably slept her way through every one of them.”


    “Can’t lie though, she does look hot. If I got a night with her, I’d y nice too.”


    “I’d bang her too.”


    Then-


    <i>Smack</i><i>! </i><i>Smack</i><i>! </i><i>Smack</i>!


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    Three thunderous ps cracked through the hallway.


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