The Day Love Betrayed Me and Never the Plan 36

Chapter 36 

Simone’s face went dark, her eyes burning with anger. Everything Emily said was true. Simone had been with all those guys, But being called out like that was totally humiliating. She seethed, “You!” 

“You what?” Emily shot back. “You think I’m the same pushover you used to mess with? You’ve got one minute to get the hell out of here.” 

Chloe glanced at Emily, impressed. ‘Not bad,‘ she thought. ‘She’s not playing nice anymore! 

Simone gritted her teeth, plopped down on the empty bed, and stayed quiet. She wasn’t going anywhere. This was the warmest room, and there was no way she’d step back into the cold. 

In the end, Emily had to drag Simone out, surprised by her own strength. “Listen up. Go bunk with those guys, or pick another dorm. Your call.” Then she slammed the door, shutting out Simone’s hate–filled glare from the hallway. 

When Emily turned back inside, she caught Chloe’s eye and suddenly felt awkward. “Chloe, was I too harsh?” 

Chloe shook her head, and then said, “Yeah.” 

Emily looked at Chloe, anxiety written all over her face. 

Then Chloe added, “But in an apocalypse this brutal, it’s the selfish ones who survive. Stick to your basic humanity; that’s all that matters. Nice guys don’t last long.” 

Emily let out a sigh of relief but still looked confused. “So… what’s the basic humanity?” 

Chloe just smiled faintly. She didn’t answer, thinking, ‘She’ll find out soon enough. When people start eating each other, trading kids to survive, that’s when the real end begins. Humans turn into monsters, even worse than zombies. 

It was winter, and dark came early. By a little past seven, it was already pitch black outside. 

With that mutant cat still on the loose, neither girl was about to slack off on getting stronger. Chloe pulled out the mutant cat core she’d gotten earlier and started absorbing it. 

Emily did the same. She had a stash of cores swiped from Jason. She copied Chloe, refusing to be a useless dead weight. 

By the time Emily was sound asleep, Chloe had finally finished absorbing the cub’s core. She slowly opened her eyes. In the dark, they gleamed with an eerie, cat–like shine. 

Chloe ranked level 2 now, and she actually stood a chance against that big mutant cat. 

Five in the morning, everything was frozen, not a soul in sight. A bitter wind howled, swirling snow everywhere. 

“Meow.” came a faint sound. 

In the darkness, Emily and Chloe shot up in bed at the exact same time. They stared at each other, wide–eyed, clamping their hands over their mouths. 

Emily pointed toward the door. Chloe nodded. 

Maybe the mutant cat caught a familiar scent. It stopped outside Dorm 1250, narrowing its huge eyes, and then went berserk. It smashed through the door. Its head was even bigger than the frame. Snarling, baring its fangs, it zeroed in on 

Chloe. 

It smelled its cub. Its eyes began glowing a dangerous blood–red. 

Next door, in Dorm 1251, Jason and his crew jolted awake at the noise. They peeked nervously through the crack in their 

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door, shaking. “Boss, the cat went into the girls‘ room. Should we check it out?” someone whispered. 

Jason shot them a fierce glare. “Hold on. Wait.” 

“But what if they die? Then we’re-” 

“Shut up.” Jason cut him off. He had a plan. That mutant cat was scary as hell, and Chloe was no pushover either. 

He wanted to let those two monsters tear each other apart, let Chloe burn through most of her powers, and then he’d stroll in and reap all the benefits. 

The mutant cat seemed to realize its cub was dead. It went crazy, hunched in the narrow hallway, too big to fit inside the dorm. All it could do was lock its blood–red gaze on Chloe, its claws swiping through the doorway, trying to snatch her out. 

Attack after attack, Chloe dodged like lightning. The cat was playing with her, but she wasn’t some easy prey. After dodging for over ten minutes, she figured the cat was at peak level 1, almost breaking into level 2. 

Mutant beasts were naturally stronger and faster than humans. Even at level 2, Chloe wasn’t sure she could take it down. 

Just as the cat started slipping into a frenzy, Emily saw her chance. She locked on with her spirit power and hit it with everything she had. The moment she unleashed the blast, her legs buckled. She gripped the table, barely staying upright. But she wasn’t strong enough yet. The cat only froze for a second before its murderous glare returned. 

In a fight like this, a split second was all it took. Chloe seized the opening. She launched a spinning ice dagger straight at the 

cat’s eye. 

At the same time, Emily braced her crossbow on the table and fired six 

I arrows toward its other eye. 

A piercing screech tore through the air. Blood poured from the cat’s eyes like tears. It went completely wild, thrashing against the doorframe. 

Chloe didn’t wait. She shot forward with her wind power, dropped to her knees, and slashed upward with two ice blades as she slid under the beast. 

The blades ripped two deep gashes across its belly. Blood and guts splattered everywhere. If Chloe hadn’t moved fast, she’d have been buried. 

Just like that, the fierce mutant cat lay dead in the cramped hallway. 

Right on cue, the door to Dorm 1251 flew open. Jason rushed out, hacking at the cat’s body like a maniac. “Die, you monster,” he screamed, swinging his machete wildly. 

His crew joined in, slashing at the already dead beast. 

Chloe stood up from behind the cat, looking totally wrecked, and shot them an icy glare. 

Jason flashed a big fake smile. “Chloe, don’t worry. We totally handled it for you.” He was laying it on thick. 

On the outside, Jason was all smiles. But inside, he was freaking out. He never thought that mutant cat, the one that wrecked the guys‘ dorm and had everyone running scared, would be taken down by Chloe in under twenty minutes. She was terrifying. 

A dark thought crossed Jason’s mind. ‘She’s gotta be running on empty now.”