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We surround the couple, watching in horror as Adriana pleads with her husband to wake up.
She’ll get her wish soon enough.
Jonny’s fists are clenched, priming to make his move. Adriana clearly isn’t ready to lose her husband. On her knees, her eyes are streaming, she takes him by the shoulders and shakes. Ted’s body is limp. She feels the side of his neck for a pulse. Doubt if she’s found one. She tries his bound wrist. The same.
“Please, Ted. Wake up,” Adriana weeps. “Come on. Don’t do this to me. I need you.”
I’ve never seen anyone turn before. That’s the kind of stuff they don’t show you in the documentaries. All they tend to show is the aftermath of an outbreak. We never get to see the human side. The government tries their best to downplay Necro-Morbus, to tell us that it’s al
