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enough, at least, though that could have been an act put on out of fear.
    "Where'd they find you, honey?" Adam asked, leaning across the bar as he spoke.
    "They rescued me." She giggled. "We're gonna rescue some other girls and then we're all gonna live together and help each other out."
    "Tell 'em how you'll help," Preacher said, running a hand up and down her thigh.
    "I can make babies," she said as if revealing a secret.
    Adam blinked. "That's... something."
    She leaned in closer to him. Inexplicably, this made me sit up straighter and my pulse quickened. Jealous? What is wrong with me? It had to be the fever.
    She spoke with fervor. "We can outlast the dead because we can reproduce and they can't. We'll just keep killing them and having babies and eventually they won't be much trouble anymore."
    Adam cracked a grin. "It's a good point, I'll give you that."
    Here's where it turns. He tells me that I ought to consider the cause. It all goes to hell from there . But he continued ignoring me.
    The worst part was, Sunny did make a good point. But I couldn't condone it. If I was somewhere safe, surrounded by people I trusted, that would be a different story. Captive to a biker, crossing miles of wastelands against my will, it sounded like the worst horror imaginable. Not a good point, Sunny, unless you're with good people.
    And I didn't want to be with any people.
    I listened as Adam relayed our flight from the city. I was relieved that he didn't mention how we met, even when they pressed for details. He also made himself out to be the good guy when he pointed his gun at me. Liar, I never panicked. I wasn't freaking out. At least not until you tied me up. I said as much, calling over to the group, "I didn't need his help." But it sounded lame even to my ears.
    Finally, though, the fever got the better of me. I could barely keep my eyes open. Preacher was fondling Sunny's breasts, right there in front of all of us, but I could barely muster any outrage. I just wanted to shut my eyes and get under a blanket. A pile of blankets.
    I started to nod off sitting up, but Adam appeared, crouching in front of me, wrapping my wrists with the twine again. I whined and tried to protest.
    "Shh," he said, tying the last knot. "I don't want you wandering out of here delirious with that fever. And these guys don't trust you." He pulled the blanket curtains shut around us, blocking my view of Sunny and Preacher latching lips at the bar. Poor girl . I shivered, though I knew I was burning up. Everything felt hazy.
    "Drink." Adam pushed a canteen at me, and I obeyed, knowing I needed lots of fluids to get better. He pulled my boots off before kicking off his own and draping his jacket over one of the curtains.
    "Lie down." God, I did not want to sleep in this tiny cellar with those tough bikers so close. Adam made it worse when he pushed a second cot right up against mine.
    "What are you doing?" I knew it wasn't likely, but I'd sort of hoped to have a partition to myself. But he didn't need to push the damn cots together.
    "Keeping you warm until your fever breaks."
    I heard the others moving around. They wouldn't help, they were on his side. Hell, they called each other brothers.
    "Your teeth are chattering. Just lie down. Look, we're not getting undressed at all. See?" He dropped onto his back on the cot next to me. "Or sleep sitting up, if it makes you feel better."
    I squeezed my eyes shut. "You bastard."
    "Stubborn. Stupid stubborn."
    "Lights out!" Van called. One by one, he switched off the lamps along the wall, bathing us in darkness.
    I shivered. There was no light at all in the tiny basement - no moon, no stars - and with the fever, I felt like I was floating in nothing, nowhere. I took a deep breath. And then another one. It made me think of death.
    "Shh. You're okay." Adam pulled me down so I was lying on my back and gently draped an arm across my middle.
    I jerked my body, hoping he would get the hint and move off me. But he only