Coldbrook

9

Holly watched the group passing into the breach, but Vic remained behind.

‘Shit.’

Her finger hovered over the keyboard.

There were no longer minutes left. Only seconds now. She was closer to God than ever before, and yet Vic stood between them.

Holly grabbed the satphone and dialled.

Vic left Control and she lost sight of him. His phone rang but he did not answer.

‘Okay, then, Vic,’ she whispered. A thrill went through her. Although the truth was painful, right then the fact that Vic was coming for her meant everything.

She watched Control on the lower level, the corridors of the main middle level flooded with zombies, and she flipped the other two views to Secondary’s dedicated staircase. Clear — for now.

But the second she saw them in Control, she would type the code and press enter. Three US states was a huge sacrifice, but it was nothing compared to the cure that Marc might find.

Jonah sat here and watched me going through the breach, Holly thought. She wondered where he was now, if he had succeeded, and whether he was alive or dead. Or neither.