<b>Chapter </b><b>220 </b>The Queen <b>Returns </b>
Chapter 220 The Queen Returns
Theresa didn’t even bother replying. She yanked the wheel sharply, throwing <b>off </b>a cluster <b>of </b>zombies surrounding the car, and in the same motion, flung Quentin against the ceiling.
“Ugh!” Quentin grunted as his head smacked the roof of the car. He tried to speak again, but she immediately cut him off. “Shut up.”
Soon, the SUV barreled toward the old town district.
The moment they crossed into the boundary, the zombies ahead vanished entirely. The streets were <b>eerily </b>quiet, deserted on both sides. But behind them, a mob of undead still chased relentlessly.
Just as Dawn and the others were wondering where Theresa was headed, she began to slow down. Ahead of them, a group of heavily armed soldiers came into view, all of them brimming with cold, disciplined energy.
<i>Thwack</i><i>! </i><i>Thwack</i><i>! </i>
<i>Thunk</i>!
<i>Thwack</i><i>! </i><i>Thwack</i>!
Bolts from crossbows zipped past the SUV, striking down the zombies tailing them one by one. By the time Theresa brought the car to a stop, the undead had been efficiently cleared out.
Then, to the shock of everyone inside, the armed group began to rush toward the SUV with excited shouts.
“Boss!”
“Boss!”
“Theresa, are you okay?!”
Dawn, Jack, and Ian stared wide–eyed at Theresa. <i>She’s</i>… <i>the </i><i>leader </i><i>of </i><i>all </i><i>these </i><i>people</i><i>? </i>
Theresa pushed open the door. “Never better.”
As she stepped out, she hauled Quentin out with her. Kyle’s eyes bulged the moment he saw who it was. “Boss–He…”
“I’m taking him back to my camp,” she said coolly. “You all stay quiet for the next few days. Clear out the smaller zombie nests nearby. Once I’m back, we’llunch the full assault on the district.”
Tossing Quentin over her shoulder, she strode toward her armored vehicle.
Lucas and the others could only stand and gape. <i>What </i><i>the </i><i>hell </i>is <i>going </i><i>on</i><i>?! </i>
Just then, Charlotte peeked into the SUV. “Theresa, there are more people in the back.”
“Survivors I picked up. Let them be.”
With that, Theresa tossed Quentin into her armored vehicle, got in, and sped away in a blur. She needed
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<b>to </b><b>deliver </b><b>the </b>medicine <b>to </b>Tania, <b>Once </b>Tania developed the spray form, <b>they </b><b>could </b><b>finally </bunch a <b>direct </b>assault on the city’s core.
“Kyle, who was that guy?” Lucas asked.
Kyle frowned. “One of Theresa’s men.”
Theresa drove the armored car down the road and finally arrived safely at her bunker when <b>the </b><b>sun </b>dipped low into the evening sky.
It had changed a lot in her absence.
The old crop patches were still untouched, but a ton of new decorations had been added. A pebbled <b>path </b>now wound its way around the outer edge of the bunker, lined with flowers and ornamental stones<b>. </b><b>The </b>once bare outdoor dining area now featured a misty, elegant gazebo. The houses where Kyle and the others stayed had also been freshly painted in pastel pink.
The entire ce looked like it had been plucked straight from a fairytale–Alice’s Wondende <b>to </b>life.
“Is this the right spot, Aunt Tania?”
“A bit more to the left.”
“Now?”
“A little more.”
“Okay, perfect.”
In the middle of the garden, a woman in a flowing dress was directing someone. Beside her, a man in a button–down shirt and thick sses was mbering up adder, struggling to install a swing set.
He was the first to spot the returning vehicle.
“Boss! You’re back!”
Tania turned immediately at the call. “Terry!”
“I’m back.”
As Theresa parked and stepped out, a pack of dogs swarmed her in a flurry of tails and excited yips. Tania and Elias both ran toward her as well. Theresa took her time hugging all sixteen dogs before Tania pulled her into a tight embrace.
“Are you okay?”
“Never better.”
“Let me look at you properly.” Tania fussed over her, checking her head to toe.
Though Tania’s personality waspletely different from her mother’s, the concern on hee in moments like this looked exactly the same. Seeing the concern in her eyes sent a quiet warmth <b>through </b>
Theresa.
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with like whenever she saw Tania, that instinctive doseness surfaced without fon berase Tania truly wholehcanedly cared about her. No need for words. Tha colry
She suddenly remembered: in herst life, Tania hadn’t joined Hope Camp until muchter. Had the spent years searching base <i>after </i>base for her, only to give up and join Hope Camp in disappointment. quietly focusing on research with no further word?
“Alright, Aunt Tania. I brought the medicine back. I need you to work hard on the spray these next few days”