In her past life, Flora Bloom had grown accustomed to this sort of thing. But it was only the second day of the apocalypse. 'Have people already started crossing the moral line?'
Suddenly, a gunshot—BANG!—rang out from upstairs. It startled Leigh Atwood and Luna Thorne, who flinched violently, their faces instantly draining of color.
Julie Lane, startled at first, lowered her head and began to tremble uncontrollably.
Flora Bloom smelled the faint scent of blood. It was subtle, but she knew something had happened upstairs. She said to Neal Wallace, "This was my oversight. These people have guns. We have to leave immediately. There's no time to lose, we go now."
Hearing Flora Bloom's words, Julie Lane cried out in fear, "Wait, you can't just leave! Seth sent me to bring you to him. If you leave, he'll kill me!"
Flora Bloom suddenly let out a cold snort. "If he kills you, what does that have to do with us?"
