Chapter Nine
The shrill ring of her phone cut through the peace of her dreams. She groaned and rolled over, reaching out for where it was sitting on her nightstand.
"You could ignore it," Darius murmured sleepily from next to her.
"It's probably something important at this time."
"True. But is it wrong to hope it's something that can wait until the morning?"
She chuckled. "No, it's not." She clicked on the screen, relieved to discover a message instead of a call. She didn't want to have to talk to someone while she sounded like she'd just woken up. Even if that was a reasonable way to sound given that she had been woken up.
She groaned as she scanned the message.
"What is it?" Darius asked, shuffling himself around in the bed so he was propped up.
"A reported zombie sighting. Nothi
