The Mesmerized Page 25

  Clearly alarmed, Alec bent toward her, anxious to hear her words. “Minji, we both agreed on the best course of action.”

  “We were wrong, Alec,” Minji rasped. “So wrong.”

  “We would have died. Your family. Simone. All those people.”

  Minji pressed a hand to her forehead, nodding. “I know…but…maybe it would have been better then…”

  “Minji, what did she say?”

  It took all her willpower not to crumble under the memory of what had transpired. Curling her hands into fists, she spoke the words she hadn’t shared with anyone. Not even her husband. “If we ever open the doorway to her world again, they will come through. They will destroy our world. There will be no mercy. Not for me. Not for my children. Not for anyone.”

  Speechless, Alec sat back on the sofa, the taco forgotten on his lap.

  “When we tore through the fabric of reality, we made them aware of us again. They’d forgotten us. That we exist. That we’re here. But now they remember.” Minji drew in a deep breath. “And this time...they will not forget.”

  About the Author

  Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of over a dozen books, including the As the World Dies zombie trilogy, as well as independent works such as The Last Bastion of the Living (declared the #1 Zombie Release of 2012 by Explorations Fantasy Blog and the #1 Zombie Novel of the Decade by B&N Book Blog), and other horror novels. She was born and raised a Texan and presently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and furry children (a.k.a pets). She loves scary movies, sci-fi and horror shows, playing video games, cooking, dyeing her hair weird colors, and shopping for Betsey Johnson purses and shoes.