Chapter 24

When Adara's eyes blinked open, it was to see the doctor spread eagle on the wall, his face gray and grotesque, his jaw open wide, his lips even wider on a silent scream.

The blood. So much blood.

He spoke to her.

"Forsaken one. You can't run forever."

Then he reached for her, with fingertips turned black, and she screamed.

And screamed.

Hands grabbed her and shook.

"Adara. Adara. Snap out of it."

The sound emerging from her mouth faded to a treble then a hiccupping sob. When she recognized that Logan held her, she flung her arms around his neck and clung tightly. "I had a horrible nightmare. There was a man. Pinned to a wall. He was dead. And he talked to me!"

"It wasn't a dream."

Which meantÉ "The zombies outside?"

"Real, too. You remember this time?"