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The world he knows and loves is gone…

Lincoln Atwood survived the contagion that wiped out the nine tenths of humanity. As the last survivor in a secret government bunker and a Delta Force soldier, he knows that the other survivors are scared, angry and dangerous, just like him. After weeks alone with the mummified bodies of his colleagues, he escapes the bunker. But the world outside has changed. Among the empty cities and crumbling ruins of civilization, he loses himself to the wilderness in his soul.  When he sees Caroline, a fellow survivor,  she is vision of light in a world gone dark. He wants to help her, but she won't trust him, when there's danger around every corner. How can he convince her that fate has brought them together?

She will not go quietly into the night…

Caroline Kelly survived hell when she escaped quarantined Chicago in search of her family after the outbreak. But it's not as easy to travel from Illinois to Missouri with the world gone dark in the space of three months. The last she thing she needs is to get captured by a muscled, bearded mountain man who looks and acts like a damn super soldier. When it’s clear she can’t escape him, she finds herself becoming fascinated with the brooding, intense man who knows how to survive. He makes her heart race and blood pound. When tragedy strikes, Caroline realizes she might have a plan to save the world, but she’ll need Lincoln’s help. Can she trust Lincoln not only with humanity’s future, but also her heart?


A Wilderness Within

Caroline felt dizzy at the thought of something so tiny having such devastating power.


"But the more blood samples I have, the better I can focus on the way the virus interacts with immune people versus someone who is susceptible to infection."


Erica finished collecting a sample from Lincoln and then looked them both over in concern. "You two look exhausted. How much sleep have you had?"


"Not much," Caroline said. Lincoln merely grunted.


"Why don't you sleep in one of our guest rooms tonight? We have places where our staff can stay overnight. You will be safe here," she said, and by the look she sent them Caroline knew that Erica had some understanding of what they had both been through in the last few months.


"This way." Erica led them to the elevators and down to the second floor. There were two halls on either side of the elevator bay that had real bedrooms, no hospital rooms, and a bathroom complete with a shower.


Chapter 34