urtains. Alyssa's eyes snapped open. A viole
ter washing her face, she dug through the closet and pull
outside flinched, but they didn't stop her. They just watc
er and sizzling bacon. Her nose led her straig
sat around a long mahogany table. Deep,
rdwood floor, four pairs of eyes snapped toward her.
cked onto the massive spread of
silver fork onto his porcela
so you could come back and leec
ire focus was nailed to the plate of Eggs
aise sauce gleamed in the sunlight. To a survivor of the
owed a mouth
n her head. Those are fresh
he family's skulls. Julian jerked in his seat
ge of the table, her e
bitten off by a zombie just to steal a rotten
r fingers gripped her linen napkin
he belonged in a straightjacket. He couldn't proce
e the food into her mouth. She clenched her hands into tight fist
his is civilized society. These people in this perfect worl
esperate hunger fighting against extreme self-con
ed Eggs Benedict. Then she looked
ched out with both hands and picke
Estelle slid the plate down the long table, st
y, her voice trembling slightly. "I hav
d at the real daughter she had supp
giving someone your clean food was a blood oa
lyssa stuttered in her mind. Is she ac
ise. A bright red flush rushed up her neck and cove
le and stood up. "Why the hell are y
glare, silently ordering h
picked up the plate like it was made of fra
ook a deep breath, preparing to consume
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