Page 117 of Demon Defeat: Part 2

“We are all doing something.The scientists are working on a cure, and we are helping the soldiers learn how to fight the infected that will be coming.”

I twisted around to look at him.

“There are watchtowers and barricades through the mountain roads that are still open and walls where there was open land.I saw it myself when we left.The undead can’t get in here.”

“The infected return to the places they know best.After that, they wander, seeking humans.”

“Why just humans?”

“That I do not know.But my brothers and I have witnessed it many times.The infected only attack us to get to the humans.”

“Maybe they know we’re weaker,” I said.

He grunted and closed his eyes.“Sleep, Andie.”

Internally shaking my head at his bossy ways but knowing he was right, I closed my eyes and cleared my mind.Tomorrow would be what it was, and worrying about what might be never changed what would be.

It felt like I’d barely closed my eyes when Molev was gently shaking my shoulder.

“I made pancakes,” he said.“You should eat.”

“Sausage too?”I asked, rubbing my face.

“No.We have none.”

I sat up and looked at him.“What are you going to eat?I think we’re out of peanut butter too.”

His hair was still wet enough that it was dripping down his shirt.Something he still wore at all times to hide the fact he no longer had the stitches he’d been given.

“You know, if they want to know more about you, we should tell them you need more protein than they’ve been providing.At least, you’d get some direct benefit of that bit of information sharing.”

“I second that,” Roni said, walking by our door.“We need more meat in the house.Nice big juicy cuts of meat.”

I shook my head.“She’s not going to stop talking about meat now.”

“I will speak to Waurlyn while you dress.”

“She’s here already?”I looked out the window at the early morning light as I threw back the covers.

“Yes.She and the doctor are waiting in the living room.”

He watched me tug my pants up in a hurry, and his lips quirked.

“You should have woken me up right away.”I ran my fingers through my hair and strode toward the door.Molev followed only a few steps behind me.

The rest of the group was eating and talking amongst themselves in the kitchen while Waurlyn and the doctor sat in silence in the living room.

“Morning,” I said when they saw me.“None of us realized you’d be here this early.”

“The vaccine research has already been stalled for more than twenty-four hours.We couldn’t wait longer,” Waurlyn said.

“They took so many vials last time.How is it gone already?”I asked.

“We’re not only analyzing it but testing it.Each test destroys whatever we’ve used,” the doctor said.“And it’s not just a few people researching and testing.There are a lot of us working on this.”

“Take your samples,” Molev said, standing beside me.

The doctor stood and went to her case, unbothered by the fact Molev wouldn’t be sitting for this blood draw either.

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