Chapter 1

Zombie hordes were taking over the city, and the last iron door protecting my home was on the verge of collapse. I ended the call when my sister-in-law tried to contact my brother for help.

That day, my brother opened the protective gates of the safe zone, allowing the zombies to raid and pillage everything from everyone. He ordered a highly intelligent zombie to cruelly claw the unborn child from my sister-in-law's womb and even demanded that my skin be flayed.

"If it weren't for your jealousy, Phoebe wouldn't have been disfigured by the zombies!" he exclaimed. "Now, with the umbilical cord blood and your skin, I can give Phoebe a complete transformation. She'll be even more beautiful than before!"

With the last bit of strength, I crawled to my sister-in-law's lifeless body, only to find my fiancé, having discarded his suit, gently holding my skin and coaxing softly, "Silly Phoebe, this cheap skin doesn't match your gentle and kind heart. But it'll have to do."

They kept me barely alive, just enough to witness as they drained my body for their experiments.

When I opened my eyes again, I heard my sister-in-law desperately calling my brother.