"What? There's an outbreak in Reedcrest?" Grace's expression hardened at the report. "That's impossible. Weren't we told it was contained last night?"

When the contagion began, she immediately ordered the entire village sealed off and placed all infected individuals under strict quarantine. Anyone who'd had contact with the infected was put under close surveillance.

Given all these precautions, how had the outbreak spread across Reedcrest overnight?

"The outbreak in Ashwillow Village has inde