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Um, well, you probably know that we aren’t like normal people. We don’t get hurt easily for one thing. But Nolan said you didn’t know about it?”
    “I survived an energy blast,” I tell her. “And I was attacked by fiends. I should be dead…three times over, now.” If Cas hadn’t healed me. But from what Nolan said, that’s not normal even for these guys. Whoever—or whatever—they are.
    Her eyes widen. “Wow.”
    “So, what’s this group about?” I’m not used to asking so many questions. “Stupid question. I just want to know what I’m getting myself in for.”
    “Don’t worry.” She smiles at me. “You’ll be safe with us.”
    “So where you live—it’s safe from the fiends? Is that even possible?”
    “Yeah, we’re well-hidden. We live…” She glances around, as though checking no one’s listening in. “In the mountains. Hidden.”
    “The mountains?” I say. “Where?”
    “Um. I’m not supposed to say. It’s going to be a trek, though. Are you hungry?”
    I nod. I haven’t even thought about food, but my insides feel hollow and I won’t be able to walk for long if I don’t eat something soon.
    “I’ll ask Dad to get you something. And he’ll have some spare hiking boots somewhere, don’t worry.”
    This just gets more and more surreal. I watch as she runs over to her father and says something to him. He rummages in the bag he’s packing and pulls out a loaf of bread. Elle scurries back over and hands it to me with an apologetic expression on her face.
    “Sorry it’s a bit stale. We’ve been here a few days.”
    It’s been forever since I’ve even seen bread that wasn’t mouldy. I inhale deeply, and almost laugh at Elle’s confused expression.
    “We didn’t exactly get fresh food on the road,” I say. More like road kill. I inwardly shudder as I remember Randy’s attempts to disguise cooked rat and rabbit as regular meat.
    “Really?”
    I nod, taking a grateful bite. It tastes like heaven, and I have to tell myself to slow down and not inhale it in one go. When I’m done, I remember I’m supposed to be getting answers.
    “So you were hiding when the energy blasts started?” I ask.
    “Yeah,” she says, but doesn’t meet my eyes.
    I try to think of a question that won’t lead to evasions.
    “Elle!” someone calls. “Come and give me a hand with this, won’t you?”
    “Coming!” says Elle. “I have to go. We’ll talk more later.”
    How can someone smile like that, with the world the way it is? It’s starting to feel more and more like I’ve stumbled into some bizarre alternative universe.
    But I nod at Elle, and she scurries away. I look around, wondering where Nolan and Cas have gone. Nolan’s helping pack tent pegs away, while Cas is in conversation with Murray.
    They’re looking at me, but when they see me watching, they return to their conversation. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that they’re discussing me.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER FIVE
     
    We walk through fields and forests, past abandoned farms and villages ravaged by the fiends. Occasionally we pass another Burned Spot. I’ve given up trying to identify where we are and instead concentrate on staying awake. Tiredness drags at my limbs, but I know logically that I should be more than just tired. I shouldn’t be able to walk at all.
    Nolan’s talking to someone further back, while Cas has stalked off ahead of the group. I walk apart from the others, who are talking too loudly for my liking. Can’t they see how conspicuous a group of red-coated, noisy people are? We’d be easy pickings for the fiends, and not everyone can fight. But I hold my tongue. I’m not normally one for judging people, and it would hardly endear me to the group if I started lecturing them.
    The new hiking boots Nolan gave me fit almost perfectly, once I’ve put on two pairs of thick socks someone dug out from the packs. The woollen material cushions my