Even In Death by Jason D. Morrow

Author:Jason D. Morrow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jason D. Morrow

CHAPTER TEN

I WOKE UP with tears streaking down the sides of my face. I quickly wiped them away in hopes that no one saw me crying in my sleep. When I looked over at Christopher he was still asleep on the ground next to me. I knew I couldn’t have been out for very long because there were still people in the hideout, shuffling around like they were doing something important.

I sat up and instantly my head started swimming. My limbs were starting to get sore and my neck felt stiff. I had to use the top of my shirtsleeve to wipe the mucus from my nostrils. Perhaps the tears in my sleep hadn’t been from the emotions running through me, but the virus causing a reaction. I shook my head when I thought about what I had just seen.

Evelyn had been there for me from the beginning. I never knew. I searched through my own memories, trying to remember that night. There were so many nights like that where I just went out to the broken village wall and sat, wishing that my parents would come back. Though I didn’t remember anyone being there to comfort me, I believe the message from her had stuck with me.

The whole thing felt so bizarre, yet it made sense. Maybe that’s why all this time Evelyn has looked at me as the one to carry on when she was done. Maybe she thought our second meeting was a sign of our connection - a sign that I was the one she had been looking for.

I rested my head against the wall again, feeling the weight of the virus taking over my bones. I was glad to know that my brain was still functioning normally. Perhaps it was Christopher who had helped that. I didn’t know what kind of mess I would be if he hadn’t been here to help. I would have probably already asked someone to shoot me.

A couple of minutes went by and finally Heather came up to us. When she rounded the corner to face us, she stopped abruptly.

“What happened to you?” she asked.

“What do you mean?”

“You look sick,” she said. “If I didn’t know any better, I would think you were bitten by a greyskin.”

“Do you know any better?” I asked. “For all you know I could have been bitten five times.”

Heather hesitated. “I…guess.”

I did my best to give her a devious grin, though I wasn’t sure it was my most convincing one. “I’m just not feeling well. That’s all.”

“Okay…Uh, everyone is about ready. Evelyn asked me to come get you. We’re about to take the fight to Jeremiah.”

“Lucky us,” I said.

“Tell me about it,” she said rolling her eyes. “If this thing was any less organized we’d already be dead.”

I smiled at her and she smiled back before leaving to find the others. It might have been the first time I had actually seen her smile. I wasn’t sure.

I reached a hand over to Christopher and grabbed his shoulder, shaking it softly.

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