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When he’d told her zombies were attacking, she’d asked for a gun. When he refused, she’d found an axe and armed herself. She’d decapitated a zombie with that axe and looked into the eyes of his wolf without fear.
She’d told him that he was beautiful.
Beautiful. In full hearing of his entire squad. He was never going to live the indignity down. Despite all that, Jack’s lips curved affectionately as he followed Lillian along the narrow trail as it led deeper into the forest.
She’d proven her worth again. When they were trapped, she’d given them a way out. Abandoned maintenance tunnels underneath the hospital had allowed them to leave unnoticed by the gunships still circling lazily overhead.
Now they were deep in the woods and heading deeper into the forests that covered the mountains
