Leo's gaze shifted toward Ves, his chest tightening when he saw the mix of fear and anger on her face.
Her fists were clenched so tightly that her knuckles had turned white, and her eyes glistened with unshed tears of frustration and rage.
He walked toward her with deliberate calmness, stepping over the piles of rotting corpses that littered the ground. His footsteps echoed in the silence between the growls and snarls of the advancing tide.
"Ms. Ves," Leo said gently, his voice, soft, calm and steady despite the chaos around them. "You don't have to worry about them. I'll take care of them."
He pointed toward the horde of zombies and monsters that loomed like a living nightmare, advancing toward the building with relentless hunger.
