The Sacrifice Zone: Chapter Twenty-Four

by Sandra Gail Lambert

Here's the end of the last chapter as a refresher:

Ram stopped talking and Mellie leaned into his side. Vic remembered that "packets" were what the sweet-faced Coleen had said she was off to prepare. She'd said it casually, without shame, while the child in her arms gnawed on a carrot. Vic knew she should be feeling something or at least pretend to, but …