Chapter 218 What It Means to Stay


    Chapter 218 What It Means to Stay


    Blood flowed down his face, across his lips, over his teeth–staining everything in bright red.


    “I killed her. She was a zombie! She turned into a zombie, so I killed her!” His voice broke as he began to sob. “There was only a little water left, and I saved it for her. Every time we had something to eat, <b>I </b><b>always </b>gave her some. If I didn’t, she’d get mad. I loved her so much… so why did she have to drag me down <b>with </b>her?! Why couldn’t she just die on her own?! How could she be so selfish?! She deserved it! Not even <b>a </b>thousand deaths can absolve it!”


    “Kieran, you’re changing-”


    “I’m not a zombie!” Kieran jerked his head up, but the blood was already draining from his face. ck veins had surfaced beneath his paling skin, and his eyes were gleaming with a feverish light. “I’m not<b>! </b><b>I </b>don’t want to turn into a zombie! Please–please help me! I want to live!”


    Then he lunged at them.


    With every step, his expression contorted further, the ck pigment in his pupils retreating into a dull, milky gray. What had begun as desperation slowly twisted into the wild hunger <b>of </b>something no longer human.


    Dawn and Jack recoiled in terror. Dawn stumbled into a metal rack behind her, nearly falling–Jack caught her and yanked her into his arms, mping his eyes shut and ducking behind Theresa.


    <i>Shhhhing</i><i>! </i>


    She unsheathed her katana, and blood sprayed the air.


    Kieran was sliced clean in half mid–charge, crashing to the floor with a heavy thud. His body skidded several feet from momentum before the de embedded in his skull slid free and ttered back.


    Theresa hadn’t even moved a single step.


    She shifted Quentin higher on her back and coldly yanked the katana from the zombie’s head.


    “I love watching you kill zombies, Beautiful,” Quentin murmured, grinning. “You look hot.”


    “You’ll be next one day.”


    The half–zombie quickly shut up.


    The next moment, cries echoed from the bathroom.


    “M! M, open the door! M, what’s wrong?!”


    Theresa let out a sigh so deep it almost shook the walls. She gripped her katana and marched toward the source of the noise.


    Before she even reached the restroom, a scream of unbearable agony rang out from inside.


    “Ahhh! Ian, my stomach hurts so bad, I don’t know why–it hurts so much–I’m bleeding everywhere!”


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    Chapter 218 What It Means to Stay


    “M, <b>open </b>the door! Please, let me see you!”n banged on the door frantically.


    “Open, your *ss!” Theresa snapped, beyond done. “Get out of the way!”


    Jack and Dawn followed her in. Dawn clutched Jack’s hand tightly and shouted, n! Phoebe has <b>already </b>turned into a zombie! Both she and M drank the same water as Ginny! M’s infected for sure!”


    “You have to move! M’s going to turn! Kieran just got bitten by Phoebe! You can’t be next!<b>” </b>


    Ian froze, stunned, eyes wide with horror as M’s groans continued from behind the stall door.


    “Ungh–aah!”


    Theresa gave him a hard look, then strode toward the door with purpose<b>. </b>Butn suddenly threw himself in front of her, arms out wide. “Miss, please–don’t kill her. I’m begging you.” He stood firm, blocking the stall door with outstretched arms, eyes wide and painfully sincere.


    Theresa sighed again and looked up at the ceiling. “Move.”


    “I won’t! If you want to kill her, you’ll have to kill me first!”


    Theresa gazed silently at him, unsure whether to admire the purity of his love or curse the depths of his idiocy.


    “Ian, M is really turning,” Dawn said gently. “Let it go. We all care about her, but she’s not human anymore. There’s no saving her.”


    “I won’t!” Ian dropped to his knees with a loud <i>thud </i>and begged Theresa. “Miss, just go, okay? Please don’t kill her! I’m begging you–don’t kill her! I’ll take responsibility–I won’t let her hurt anyone. We’ll stay behind. Just don’t kill her… please…”


    Theresa stared at the young man kneeling and begging her.


    “Give me the keys.”


    At that, Ian lifted his head in a sh of hope. He turned and knocked on the stall door. “M, give me the keys. She’s not going to kill us, I promise. M, I’m not leaving. I’ll stay here with you. Don’t be scared.”


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