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35.18% Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse / Chapter 19: The Sweetest Words Ever

Chương 19: The Sweetest Words Ever

I felt the pressure of Dimitri's hand over my eyes before he spoke again. "I don't want you to see this," he murmured, pulling me closer to his body. But even with my eyes covered, I could still see. After all, I was seeing through his eyes and not my own. 

"I take it you forgot I was blind?" I smirked leaning back just to see his reaction. 

Pulling me even closer to his body, I felt his body vibrating as he let out a low growl. "I won't even ask how you were able to shoot so well blind."

I scoffed at his remark. "I lost my sight, not my smell. It's not too hard to guess where the zombies were coming from based on their stench."

Ever so slowly, he removed his hand and stared down at me. It was… disconcerting, looking at myself with the same intensity that he was. I could see every last healed scar crisscrossing my face as he took an extra minute to study the staples that bisected my cheek. 

Then his eyes dropped to my lips, and suddenly, I was back in my own head, no longer able to see. 

'Greed?' I asked, tentatively, not sure what was going on. I could feel his strong forearm under my ass as the rest of his body pressed against mine. But for the life of me, I couldn't see a thing. Was I broken? Again?

"Humph," replied Pride. "Maybe now he can stop touching you."

'But why can't I see any more?' I pressed. Being able to see was practically addictive, and I really didn't want to go back to the darkness again. 

"We don't know," answered Greed, his voice softer than Pride's. "Maybe you ran out of power? It's possible that you need the benefits of wishes just as much as we do."

I nodded my head absently as I thought about what he had said. I was only able to see after I granted the first wish, and even then, only when I was touching someone. Maybe because I was using so much energy seeing again, I tapped out of it. 

For fucks sake.

"The voices again?" asked Dimitri. His voice wasn't condescending, and I nodded. 

"Need wishes," I sighed, closing my eyes. Now that I couldn't see, there was no point in keeping them open. "Too tired."

Dimitri hummed, and I felt him carrying me off in one direction. Wrapping my arms around his neck, managing to strangle Teddy at the same time, I allowed myself to doze off. 

----

Kitten needed wishes, and only people could grant that. Tilting his head from side to side to relieve the tension in his shoulders, Dimitri tried to think about where the best place to find people would be. 

It didn't make sense that everyone inside the mall turned into a zombie. Statistically speaking, there should be a small group of people.

If it were he and his team, they would have made their way to the upper floors, preferably near a food court, so they could have food on hand at the same time.

Looking up, he noticed that there was a lot less blood on the stairs and second floor than there was on the first. Clearly, the zombies hadn't mastered the stairs yet. 

'Too dumb to live,' hissed the voice in his head. 'What type of people are you looking for?'

His voice always seemed to know exactly where groups of people were. It didn't matter what the situation was or the location; his voice could pinpoint them within seconds. 

'The ones that are too dumb to live,' replied Dimitri, a slight smirk on his face. 'We need people that are dumb enough to make wishes.'

'Says the meat sack who almost made a wish before our woman stopped him,' sneered the voice. But before Dimitri could respond, the voice continued. 'A few members of your team are upstairs with about 30 survivors. They are out of ammo, and there is a mouthy cock sucker that is giving them problems.'

'Perfect,' smiled Dimitri, flying up the steps, taking the stairs three at a time. He felt the moment his Kitten had relaxed enough to fall asleep. The poor thing was tired after everything that had happened today, and Dimitri wanted to get to his team before she woke up again. 'Lead the way.'

'Don't I always?' sneered the voice. 'Fourth floor. You really can't miss them.'

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"I don't understand what is so hard for you to understand," screeched a female voice so loud it managed to wake me up out of dead sleep. Startling, I almost dropped Teddy, but my hero easily caught him before he touched the ground. 

I really needed to find a way to attach him to me, but I didn't know if I wanted him to be a purse or a backpack. But then again, that would be changing Teddy to suit my needs, and that felt a bit selfish. 

"I pay your paycheck; it's up to you to make sure that I return to my home safe and sound." The longer I heard the woman speaking, the more southern her accent sounded. I almost expected her to be calling whoever she was talking to 'precious' or something along those lines. 

"Ma'am," replied the man. "While I can appreciate where you are coming from, I don't think the five cents you contribute to my annual salary is going to get you an armed escort anywhere. Now, I suggest that you and your daughter take a step back, find a place to lie down, and get some sleep. It has been a long day, and I don't think tomorrow will be much better."

There was a high-pitched scream like a cat that had its tail stepped on before the sweetest words came out of her mouth next. "I wish I was anywhere but here! I can't believe that you couldn't be bothered actually helping the people you swore to serve and protect."

'Deal accepted,' came the female voice in my head, causing me to straighten my back.

She didn't have any balls, nor did she offer up something in exchange for the wish. Did it still count?


Chương 20: It’s Been A Minute

This time, the woman screaming was completely different from the first one, and I cocked my head to the side, trying to picture in my head what was going on in front of me. The problem was that I had no information. 

I knew there was a woman who made a wish, her daughter, and a man with a voice that could teach Lust a thing or two. The best part was that he wasn't even trying to be seductive, but he had that low, O City cadence that made me want to take off my panties and throw them at him. 

Then again, walking around without underwear was probably not a good idea, seeing as I was wearing a short skirt, but you got the idea. 

"Where did my mother go?" demanded a younger version of the older woman. I heard her stamping her foot, the sound of her thin heel clicking against the laminate flooring of the mall. "What did you do to her? You can't go around killing people like that!"

My blind eyes widened as I blinked rapidly. How did the woman end up dying? The deal was that she could go anywhere else but here…

Unless she ended up in hell?

But I didn't hear a body dropping, so how would the girl know her mother was dead?

"I'm guessing that was you?" asked Dimitri, his whispered words caressing my ear as he spoke to me. 

"Potentially," I shrugged, whispering back. "A deal was made; I just don't know what she gave up."

'You don't need to worry about that,' answered Envy. 'When they leave the contract open-ended like that, we just take whatever it is that we want.'

'And what did you take?' I asked, unable to help myself. Curiosity killed the cat and the girl, apparently. 

'Everything, Little Star. We took everything. Remember that. When they specify the conditions, we only take what they willingly give. But when making a deal with the demon, the devil is the in the fine print.'

Once again, I slowly nodded my head, even more impressed with the guys than ever before. It seemed like a boss move to take everything when nothing was offered in exchange. She didn't even come to me for the wish, and poof, she vanished in thin air anyway.

"Do I want to know?" asked Dimitri, and I bit my lip, wondering if he would be upset over the fact that I wasn't upset. Good people would be worried or upset if someone just up and vanished… right? "And no telling lies. Never lie to me, Kitten."

"She made an open wish," I whispered so close to his ear that my lips brushed the outside shell with every word I spoke. "Don't make open-ended wishes. Always be as specific as you can."

"Noted," chuckled Dimitri before raising his voice. "Nice to see you all made it here without me. I would be upset, but I found a treasure on my way, so I don't mind."

"Like we had to worry about your ass," chuckled the man with sin for a voice. I heard the softest sound of three men walking toward us, and I clutched Dimitri's shirt harder in my hand before burying my head in his neck. 

Would he leave me now that he met up with his friends? I mean, I couldn't blame him. But I wish he wouldn't.

"And just who is this treasure?" asked a new voice, just off to my right. 

"This is…" started Dimitri before trailing off. "Actually, I don't think I know her name."

"You are carrying her around like that, and you don't know her name? Do I really have to teach you how to be nicer to the fairer sex again? I swear, everything I say goes in one ear and out the other." A second voice on my left caused me to lift my head and let out a low growl, my teeth flashing for a second before I could control myself. 

Right, normal people didn't act like that. Don't be suspicious; just be normal. Or at least, as normal as possible, given everything. 

"Awe, isn't she precious?" came the voice in the center, and I felt the air shift in front of me as if he wanted to touch me, but Dimitri shifted his weight, keeping me out of reach. 

"Hattie," I answered after an awkwardly long pause. "My name is Hattie LaRue."

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The second the small creature lifted her head and snapped at Désiré, Luca was utterly lost. This was the little girl that had made him want to get a career in policing. It had been 14 years since he and Réne had fished her out of the river, but the feeling of being able to save her had never left. 

The only problem was that she looked almost completely different. Her once blonde hair was now a weird shade of pale blue, and it looked like it had been days since it had last been washed or combed. Her beautiful lavender eyes were replaced with a milky white pair, and she had more scars than anyone he had ever seen before. 

And yet, he knew it was her.

"Hey, Short Stack," he smiled as her head snapped around, and he was on the receiving end of her stare. He could see how it would be uncomfortable for an average person to be the center of her attention, but now he wanted to be the only one she paid attention to. 

And in order to do that, he needed to get her away from Dimitri. He had her long enough anyway. 

'Ours,' came a very simple word to his head. 'She belongs to us, and what do we do when we find a treasure?'

'We keep it,' smiled Luca, answering the voice in his head. It didn't talk to him all that much, in fact, compared to the rest of the guys, his and Réne's voice was almost nonexistent. But now he wondered if it was because he had found his other half. 

Like a cute doll, Luca watched as the girl cocked her head to the side, a look of confusion on her face. 

"Don't tell me you forgot about me," pressed Luca, taking a step forward, refusing to let Dimitri back away again. "That night changed my life."

Short Stack rolled her beautiful eyes, but she couldn't stop the smile on her face. 

"Hello, Luca," she said. "It's been a minute."


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