Change My Fate in the Apocalypse

er best friend hooked up, a

Thankfully, I had the Zo

o my ex-best friend, "I've been with yo

.

before the zombie outbreak, but staring

s I had read? Completely

y until I arrived a

ffrey Hall and Sean Hopkins

ays," Jeffrey said, blinking pitifu

I can catch more people for you." Sean repl

same tactics

eep affection and said, "Kaiden, when I ma

ss, and the groun

es began to gat

que faces ma

I had never seen so m

didn't

ite her?" a low-level zombi

r," said the zomb

tracted

that scumbag, even a zomb

scar on his cheek, like it had been the

e the house heard the

me, she lunged at

Sean didn't

lead zombie stepp

oing?" He spoke to Jeffrey

ing mean to me!" Jeffrey wh

ean asked, acting like a cl

atched Jeffrey's shamel

ado only las

ombies all turned

n, shooting me a venomous look bef

, not every pout gets you what yo

my side, I beca

ombie was helping me, seeing Jeffre

stared at me, sm

... sm

the right choice." I patted

someone with a ch

only to realize I

en have a h

ked back to the zombie leade

a moment before r

.

s for choosing

zombies fought each othe

he could make all the

ied him, other zombies st

someone ext

" I nudged his elbow, try

n't know what surprises it held. Havin

ac F

" I extended my ha

hand briefly befo

used to physical con

hands are dirty. The

grabbed his hand. "So what? Aren't a

ombie, bitten peopl

me to sit on a stoo

e bowl of raw beef in

roz

atisfied with the meal and tu

large glass of fresh cow's bloo

he blood, fro

ter all, many zombies couldn'

I was

lf, I stammered,

ge at me. Zombies were n

ard. "I have been a zombie for a long t

each other

p a wooden stick, and started dril

ying to m

now how to

ne, I would probably

ered that I still

, I watched as it

rk of a magical pouch

e and pulled ou

surprise, his usual al

g the spirit had secretly given m

ked, shaking a bottle of wine

the meat, but there was nothi

n you." I was drunk and making

he calle

skipped

owers?" I quickly changed the subjec

st, I couldn't eat them all, so I shared with

s who gets the loyalty, isn't it?" I said, s

s talking abou

amed me, costing me my ch

of jumping off a building, Sean had us

lls, except that he

, I'd fallen for

and even hooked up with my

they had sex in

such a

.

ean showed up at my door, d

rey crossed her arms, not showing

eplied, raising an eyeb

as they entered, they plopped down on Isaa

e in?" Isaac emerged from t

ammered, pointing at me with

sibly reddened, a telltale

this have to do with you?" Sean stood up,

l antics, "Isaac, they just said if I didn't give them meat, they'd

I clung to him. His reaction seemed unusua

bed Sean by the collar, and

Sean was tossed in

st be

ack and gently

her

I was

way," Isaac said, assuming I didn't know h

nger content to be ignored. "Kaiden, you must've impres

stepped forward and slapped

d back because Sean

"The first slap is for falsely accusing me of stealing, costing me my chance at graduate school. The s

of her offenses one by one. "Oh, and as for that trash man? He's nothing to me. But you s

and was red fro

back because Isaac was s

t the beginning. I'll settle the res

asked, as if encoura

s ever make up for every

said softly, showing him m

the victim, hoping he'd

ook my hand and gently b

ess." Jeffrey fumed, h

as careful, as if afraid the roughne

thrown into the pit." Isaac showed no m

, then at me, her face t

n before storming off to retrieve

.

I like Isaac

I never had to

low on supplies," someon

he zombie who'd once tried

hid behi

me, but other zomb

sheep in the nearby towns

nearly

would lead to anothe

the weak, there was no room for courte

food was the most pressing issue.

said, thinking of th

atever You W

zombie. "This can transform o

"Don't joke around. We're d

urself," I said, clasping my hand

?" I asked, pointing to

those will do," he stared at

ch, silently cha

oss from us transformed into a barn and stable

clearly unaccustomed to such miracles,

"Isaac, this is my

anything leads to its own undoing, no matter the world. The pouch

d only skimmed the pouch'

ed it out and rea

ee times. Use it wisely," I

suring me. "It's fine. We

a struck me. "I remember reading in the news about agricult

"We could grow something like that ourselves. We s

ch to create nutrient solutio

," Isaac pointed out, dousi

les grow without

if there's no sunlight, we'll

y parents had mocked me, saying they'd sent me

at knowledge was fina

but there were so many things need

ation. "Don't worry. I'