The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 532

Chapter 532

Hayley and her group were seated in an upscale dining hall.

All the accompanying guards were eating in a separate room next door.

Hayley sat beside Nathaniel, glancing at the rows of carefully plated dishes Ark Three had served.

The food looked decent, but it wasn’t especially fresh. Their hydroponic vegetables were pale and thin, nothing like what grew out on the open plains.

The meat wasn’t great, either. There was seafood and a few rare ingredients, clearly pulled from øld pre- apocalypse stockpiles.

Compared to her own base, this was honestly pretty mediocre.

Edible, though.

A moment later, the Ark Three managers who had just finished their meeting filed in.

They had just learned the devastating news of Trevor’s death. Every face carried a different mix of tension and

unease.

They took seats directly across from Hayley’s group.

Hayley’s gaze paused on the last person in the row, a young woman. She was clutching her wrist, her expression tight and restless, like her whole body felt wrong.

Hayley caught a familiar scent.

Zombie.

She extended her mental perception.

Sure enough, the woman’s aura had already shifted. She was infected, and she was about to turn.

Before Hayley could speak, a guard burst into the room, pale and shaking.

“Something’s wrong! Mr. Shelton, something’s happened outside!”

Arnold shot to his feet. “What happened?”

“Zombies! There are zombies inside the base!”

“That’s impossible!” Arnold snapped.

At that exact moment, a scream ripped through the dining hall.

The Level Two manager at the far end, Rachel, suddenly sprang up like she had lost her mind. She lunged sideways and sank her teeth into the chin of the Level Three manager next to her.

“Ahh!”

Blood sprayed instantly, splattering across the table and soaking the expensive dishes.

The bitten man shoved her away, a chunk of flesh torn from his jaw. Blood poured down his chest in thick streams.

Rachel lifted her head Her eyes were already gray and clouded.

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Zombie eyes.

Everyone recoiled like they had seen the plague itself.

The injured man barely hesitated. A blazing fire orb exploded from his hand and slammed into Rachel. Flames swallowed her in an instant.

Fueled by rage, he grabbed a chair and smashed it down again and again until the burning body stopped moving.

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