The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 572

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After spraying that wave of black water, the high–level zombie didn’t press the attack.

It ran.

The whole thing took maybe two seconds. One blink, and it was gone.

“Damn it!” Hayley hissed, feeling her saber cut through empty air. She stepped back, eyes sweeping both ends of the hall

But the zombie was gone. Only streaks of black liquid were left on the floor.

She exhaled slowly.

High–level zombies were different,

They could think and sense danger. They ran when they had to. And when they ran, they disappeared

From the stairwell came a scraping sound.

“Raarh! Raarh!”

The twisted girl zombie was dragging itself back up the steps, limbs bending the wrong way.

Hayley barely glanced at it. Her focus was still on the vice principal.

Where would it go?

Behind her, Marvin checked the two students he had shielded.

They were fine.

He let out a breath he hadn’t realized he had been holding.

“We need to get inside!” he ordered when he saw the girl zombie heading toward them.

They backed toward an empty classroom.

The twisted zombie reached the landing, paused for half a second, then chose not Hayley, but the students. It hanged after the group retreating into the classroom.

“Follow them, and we’ll find the big guy,” Griffin said quietly near Hayley’s ear.

She looked at him.

“They’re the most appealing meal here.” His eyes flicked toward the students.

Hayley understood instantly.

No matter how intelligent a zomble became, it was still driven by hunger

The vice principal had retreated from her blade, but it had shown up to hunt bood would always pull it back

Griffin wasn’t appealing prey, while Hayley had already proven herself dangerous

The students were different.

If she wanted to draw him out, she needed bait

Hayley grabbed Griffin and followed the group inside. At the doorway, she sliced the twisted zombie cleanly in half before it

could enter.

Sydney and Andrew rushed forward, yanking the wooden bar free so Hayley and Griffin could slip inside Reliet flashed across

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their faces the second they saw her.

Hayley gave a brief nod.

As soon as they were in, Marvin’s voice cut through the room.

“Check yourselves, now. That black water is corrosive. If it has touched your skin, rinse it immediately. Don’t hide it. Tell me

His thick outer jacket was smoking slightly at the back where the liquid had splashed

He stripped it off quickly. His clothes underneath were untouched.

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