Since Fiona realized their strength, he had no intention of revealing herself.
The two figures who had passed through the zombie-infested town were strangers, and she didn't even know their names.
Still, curiosity gnawed at her. She sent her rats to trail them, scurrying through alleys and ruins, moving between the undead, and made them follow the two outside the shelter.
It wasn't easy.
Several rats died along the way, crushed beneath the feet of Jumpers, torn apart by Runners, or simply lost in the chaos of the horde they passed through.
Yet Fiona didn't mind. She had more than two hundred under her command, and her Talent would summon more each day. Loss was inevitable, but the swarm endured.
Through their soul link or connection, she began to hear fragments of conversation. Names finally surfaced after several hours.
'Shane andAlex, huh…'
At last, the unknown figures had identities. She repeated them softly, committing them to memory.
