Chapter 34

“Mother fucker, more than second mother, but yes, that makes sense.” That spark of mine promptly flickered. “Though none of that explains how she became a zombie or why she’s attacking the humans.”

“No?” his smile seemed to remain.

“Um, no,” I replied. “Am I missing something here?”

“You ever hear of two hens ruling the roost? Two queens running the empire?”

It took a while for all the tumblers to fall into place, what with a severe oil shortage in my noggin, but eventually everything lined up. Ding! Ding! Ding! “Fuck,” I cursed. “It’s all been a trap. She couldn’t come and get me, but she could sure as hell get me to come here by attacking the humans, all of whom knew of me, knew exactly where to find me.”

“And if she kills you, she becomes the lone queen.”

“And another mystery is solved.”

“Little good it does us,” he griped.