e fearful face to a

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" Mark bristled, gripp

on to die of exposure, and I'm certainly not

r. Peterson and the HHS convoy were min

x," John said, his voice stra

ng on Mark. "Or is it because my ret

lways were a troublemaker. Ca

r, permanently. The ranger station offered a slow, lonely death. The jail, qui

hat this is?" Alex chall

wn safe!" Mark

The vaccine, Mark! It came from my antibodies! I volunteered, I riske

ed to Sarah's

er. "Don't you dare talk abou

settling over him. "You presumed me dead, you took my

a hand flyin

horrified, but no

hispered. "The sickness,

nd Mark's manipulation, ran. They wouldn'

to stay aliv

not going anywhere with you. I'll

glinted. "I d