Dead Fall (Dead Things Book 2) by Meredith Russell

Author:Meredith Russell [Russell, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785641152
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd
Published: 2018-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

“You’re immune, aren’t you?” There was a fascination in Brandon’s eyes as he looked Noah up and down. “Where are you from? I mean originally.” He walked to stand on the opposite side of the bed and slowly picked at a loose thread on the trim of the bed sheet. When Noah didn’t answer Brandon filled the silence with more questions. “When did you realize how special you are? I mean, there’ve been reports of others—”

“Others?” Noah said, breaking his silence.

Brandon nodded. “You didn’t know? Of course, how would you? It’s why we’re here. Our mission.” He raised his eyes to the ceiling. There was a bitterness to his voice as he sounded out the word.

“Mission?”

Brandon held out his hand. “May I?” He pointed at Noah’s scars.

Noah’s wrist was restrained, so it wasn’t as if he had that much of a choice. He shrugged and lifted his hand as far as he could. He balled his fingers at Brandon’s touch. “Have you met any of these others?”

Brandon shook his head and cupped Noah’s hand in his. “Not exactly.”

“What do you mean?” A chill passed over Noah at the sensation of Brandon’s fingers against his skin.

“The body was in a bad way.”

Those words were enough to leave Noah cold. He needed to get out of here. “You’re with a group?”

“Yes.” Brandon ran his thumb over the jagged mark on Noah’s hand. “I was in Fort Collins when the world…broke. I worked in the labs of one of the hospitals. I’d seen things. Things I couldn’t explain. Didn’t want to explain.” He turned Noah’s hand over and examined the other side. “I just wanted it all to go away.”

“How did you end up here?” Noah asked when Brandon released his hand. Of all the states and cities, why Garnett?

Tilting his head, Brandon studied Noah, seeming to eye every stretch of exposed skin he could see. “I was at work when we lost control, when it felt as though there was more of them than of us.” He held up his finger and thumb and narrowed the gap between them. “I was this close to giving up. There was a handful of us. We had locked ourselves in. I remember them outside the door, those monsters, all bloody and pounding on the glass pane.” He cleared his throat and looked at the floor. “I don’t remember how long it was until the soldiers showed up.”

“They got you out?”

Brandon shrugged. “If you can call it ‘out’. They had been ordered to round up as many medical staff as they could. They took us to a division of the CDC.” He raised his head and met Noah’s eyes. “We stayed there a while. Then we were split into teams, four I think, given some data, and sent on our way.”

“Yeah, I met a couple of your teammates.” Noah winced and raised his free hand to the back of his head.

“We’ve spent the last…” Brandon blew out a breath. “I don’t even know how long it’s been.

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