Chapter 5
They lost three more people by the end of the month, including the wonderful man who once ran a safe house in the network. Frederick. A couple of dogs caught him by surprise while he was in his garden. He fought them off with a spade for a little while, but no one heard his cries for help—at least not fast enough. He unfortunately didn’t die as quickly or as mercifully as the boy. Ken tried to conceal the circumstances of the death from most of the town, saying only that he’d been attacked. In reality, they gutted him while he was still alive, eating and pulling at his internal organs. Ken could only hope that the damage done to his face happened after his death.
She and Darrin were the ones who found what was left of him. They killed the monsters with a single gunshot each. Th
