All the adults were out, apart from one man guarding the prisoners. He stood at the entrance to the sports hall, a rifle clutched in both hands. Nuo had told Daniel how she had escaped, and how the two men had almost caught her before being eaten by the monsters in the fog. It was obvious that nothing had gone to plan this morning, and it looked like maybe the others were out searching for their missing mates. Daniel wasn’t convinced that this solitary guard was the only person left at the school. So far, Daniel had only seen the men called Dave and Nige, and the muscular man who seemed to be the leader. According to Nuo, Dave was dead, along with his companion. Had that been Nige? That still left the guard standing here and their leader, at the very least. Daniel knew there had to be mo

