urtains. Alyssa's eyes snapped open. A viole

ter washing her face, she dug through the closet and pull

outside flinched, but they didn't stop her. They just watc

er and sizzling bacon. Her nose led her straig

sat around a long mahogany table. Deep,

rdwood floor, four pairs of eyes snapped toward her.

cked onto the massive spread of

silver fork onto his porcela

so you could come back and leec

ire focus was nailed to the plate of Eggs

aise sauce gleamed in the sunlight. To a survivor of the

owed a mouth

n her head. Those are fresh

he family's skulls. Julian jerked in his seat

ge of the table, her e

bitten off by a zombie just to steal a rotten

r fingers gripped her linen napkin

he belonged in a straightjacket. He couldn't proce

e the food into her mouth. She clenched her hands into tight fist

his is civilized society. These people in this perfect worl

esperate hunger fighting against extreme self-con

ed Eggs Benedict. Then she looked

ched out with both hands and picke

Estelle slid the plate down the long table, st

y, her voice trembling slightly. "I hav

d at the real daughter she had supp

giving someone your clean food was a blood oa

lyssa stuttered in her mind. Is she ac

ise. A bright red flush rushed up her neck and cove

le and stood up. "Why the hell are y

glare, silently ordering h

picked up the plate like it was made of fra

ook a deep breath, preparing to consume