Impact Day by Snow McNally

Author:Snow McNally [McNally, Snow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2016-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34 – There’s Still Time

A few days. Three days at the most, before I turned into a mindless pack hunter, inhuman and ugly and pointless. My impossible task had just become even more impossible.

How the hell was I supposed to manage this? Should I waste time looking for a cure? Gabriel had said that was impossible, but my brain refused to believe it. It had to be possible, even if he didn’t know how. Maybe he just didn’t care enough.

The problem was, even if a cure was possible, would I find it within three days? Almost certainly not. The chances were tiny. Infinitesimal. And if I wasted time on that, it was that much less time I had to dedicate to finding Sabrina.

There had to be another way. Something, anything, that could get me out of this situation. There was no way it was hopeless already.

You’re such an idiot, Veronica. Such a fucking idiot. ‘Oh, I know the risks. Sure, I might get shot or captured or infected, but that’s okay! I don’t mind!’ Fuck you, past me. This is not okay. I mind.

Had to think. Had to come up with a solution. Could someone help me?

Nobody outside the city. Hunter, my sister, Sabrina’s family? Not a chance. Someone in the city? Who did I even know?

Charlie wouldn’t help me, even if I did know how to get in touch with her still. Did I have her number? Didn’t matter. If she knew I was infected, she’d probably carry me off with the rest of them.

Desperately, I tried calling Sabrina again, but just like always, it rang out.

It was weird. Her phone should have run out of battery by now, if something had happened to her. So she probably was okay, right? Keeping her phone charged? So why wasn’t she taking my calls? Did someone else have her phone?

Another name showed up in my contacts. Ami. It was a chance. A slim one, but I’d take what I could get. She knew Gabriel, seemed to not want me dead. Maybe she could help. Maybe she could at least give me a clue. Anything, please.

Please.

I hit dial. The phone rang. On the third ring, she picked up.

“I met Gabriel,” I said, before she could say anything. My voice was still croaky from before. “I’m infected.”

A moment’s pause.

“I’m sorry.”

“Tell me there’s something I can do about this. Please.”

“There isn’t.”

Two words, and the last of my resolve broke.

Not fair. Not fucking fair.

“No,” I whispered. “That’s not fair.”

I hadn’t meant to say that. It didn’t matter. I didn’t care if she thought I was weak. I just wanted to live.

“Now that you’re infected, you’re a carrier too.” Her voice was hard, cold. “If you can, avoid others. I’m sorry, Veronica.”

She hung up.

I screamed.

I screamed until my body was physically incapable of screaming anymore, then threw my phone against the wall. It shattered. I didn’t care.

I ran. I needed to feel in motion, feel like I was moving towards something, even if I didn’t know what that something was.

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