WHEN VANESSA LEFT, I flipped through the television channels, hoping that she’d been wrong and that maybe the Roamers had been sloppy this time. It seemed pretty hard to conceive that they could kill such a high-profile group of people, without nobody noticing. Aiden was constantly on the phone and it only seemed reasonable that someone, somewhere, would start looking into his silence. Unfortunately, at the moment, there was nothing to report on the news and I soon found myself getting sleepy again.
“CHELSEY,” WHISPERED LUCIAN, shaking me gently awake.
Groggy, I opened my eyes. “I’m sorry. I must have fallen asleep again. I don’t know why I’m so tired.”
“It’s probably the shot you received earlier. Or, it could be the fact that you were bitten by a Roamer. Whenever it happens, a toxin i
