The world ended quietly.
Not with an explosion. Not with a warning.
But with betrayal.
I was trembling.
The cold night air clung to my skin as the growls grew louder behind me. Shadows moved between the abandoned cars. Rotting hands reached out from the darkness.
Zombies.
And I was alone.
No—
Not alone.
I had been left behind.
"Kevin…" My voice broke as I watched the van a few meters away.
Five years.
Five years of love. Five years of choosing him over everyone else—including my own parents.
I remembered their worried faces.
"That boy isn't good for you, Mia."
But I defended him. I fought for him.
I believed him when he said:
"You're the only one I love."
How foolish.
Kevin stood by the open van door, laughing. Beside him was Chelsea—his secretary. The same woman I had just discovered he'd been secretly seeing while we were still together.
"Your parents are gone because you believed me," Kevin sneered. "I was just using you. You loved me too much. You believed every lie."
Chelsea leaned against him, smiling sweetly.
"Bye-bye, Mia."
The van door slammed shut.
The engine roared.
And just like that—
They drove away.
Leaving me as food.
The first zombie lunged.
Pain exploded through my body as its teeth sank into my shoulder. I screamed, falling to my knees as more of them surrounded me.
Fear consumed me.
Regret suffocated me.
If only I had listened to my parents.
If only I hadn't loved him more than myself.
As darkness swallowed my vision, one final thought burned inside me—
If I survive this…
I will never be the same girl again.