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pieces. There are several home improvement sites in the area, with ample supplies, just waiting for us. We have a fleet of buses and trucks at our disposal. It is all just a matter of time… before someone gets wind of what we’re doing and tries to battle me. Which I welcome,” The Lich Lord said. “Anything else?”
    Vee nodded her head. “You talk about getting back to normal for us. Yet…”
    “What? You have electricity in most buildings and I have a plan to get us back to one hundred percent soon enough. We’ll begin manufacturing our food and collecting water to make safe. The Burger King just outside the parking garage will be rebuilt and open for business soon, too. We’ll have all the comforts of home. Like nothing has changed other than the world around us will want to kill every single person enjoying a Whopper.”
    “Religion,” Vee blurted out. She closed her eyes. If he was going to attack her, she didn’t want his face to be the last thing she saw.
    “What about it?”
    Vee opened one eye. It was still dark; The Lich Lord was still standing away from her with his red eyes glowing, but she didn’t feel like he was going to attack her. “There are some religious members of the community. They want permission to gather and pray.”
    “They already are.”
    Oh shit . Vee shifted in her seat. “It’s nothing organized. Just a few people who need something to give them hope.” She knew The Lich Lord also knew she was a big part of it, too. She’d always felt a relationship with God and nothing was going to break it.
    “I am not a fool. I am also not a megalomaniac with a God Complex, although it might seem it. I’m over myself, to a point. But I will not have religion stand in the way of the good of the people and definitely not my own agenda. Feel free to worship and gather but do it quietly. Do I make myself clear? No priests. No ministers. No leadership in the ranks. Don’t let them know I know. Not yet. Let them think they have a little secret. Once we expand there are options for an actual church in the area. Then I will address it again. Anything else?”
    Vee nodded. “There are quite a few things.”
    She thought she heard The Lich Lord sigh. “Continue.”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
     
    Lincoln didn’t know what they were supposed to do now. He knew they couldn’t stay in the middle of nowhere in a field and pretend they’d be safe. The people at the diner were well-armed and would be back. He was sure of it. With six of their number dead and Dana running off ( good riddance , he thought), they were fractured.
    “What’s the game plan, boss?” Heath asked.
    The two men were standing on top of the van they’d taken from the original group that had attacked their position. Two motorcycles were coming down the road but the riders were waving their arms and Lincoln knew it was part of their group. In the commotion, a few vehicles had been left behind by the attackers.
    “We need to find somewhere safe,” Lincoln said. Heath raised an eyebrow and Lincoln put up his hand. “Safer than where we are now. But I have no idea where that would be. Head north and see if the rumors about Jacksonville are true? St. Augustine or Daytona Beach? By the time we get news from a straggler, the city we’re hoping for has been destroyed by a zombie horde. Like Orlando.”
    “Orlando was a mess to begin with. No food and too many sick people. It would’ve collapsed soon enough,” Heath said. “I’m just glad we got away when we did and kept away from the main group.”
    Lincoln could only nod. Back then, months ago but seeming like years, they’d watched as the refugees streaming from Orlando and heading east on I-4 were picked off, from all sides, one by one, by mindless zombies, until there was nothing left. They’d been lucky to have gotten this far without food and weapons. But it looked like their luck was running out.
    “The guy is awake,” Jessica