Chapter 107: Blood in the Air
The man who had punctured Liora’s tire gave one final look at the vehicle he had just sabotaged and sneered with satisfaction.
Without hesitation, he turned and sprinted in the opposite direction from the swarm. A few of the terrified survivors spotted his movement and quickly followed him, their instincts screaming that staying in the path of the bees meant certain death.
But not all of them were lucky.
As the swarm closed in, several unfortunate souls were too slow, their legs faltering from exhaustion and injury. The mutated bees struck with deadly precision.
One woman was stung straight in the neck, her scream turning into a gurgle as the venom spread like wildfire through her veins. Another man fell to his knees, clutching his stomach, his skin already turning purple where the stinger had struck.
The venom worked fast, too fast for them to completely react. Their muscles seized and eyes rolled back in just a few seconds. The fallen thrashed briefly, then went still, their faces twisted in agony.
Meanwhile, the hummer that carried Liora and her group had come to a stop. The front tire was completely blown out, the wheel bent and smoking. And now, it was surrounded by the bees from every direction.
The bees hovered from every direction, their shadows flickering across the windows, their stingers tapping the reinforced metal like they were testing for weakness. Loud, continuous buzzing filled the air like a haunting chorus of death.
Inside the hummer, tension coiled thick in the air. Everyone had fallen silent.
Liora stared at the swarm outside, her jaw clenched tight.
Her precious hummer. Her beast of a vehicle was damaged by a filthy bastard. Her eye twitched and her fingers curled slowly into fists.