[It'd worked until that point. She'd been good at running, but when they met up she started relying too much on the protection he gave. The dangers of undead corpses banging on the doors always kept her wary, but it wasn't until she was alone that she realized she could so easily be overwhelmed. Safe refuge of one of the shop fronts turned out to be just the opposite, and she barely got out of there in a sprint as it was. Pure adrenaline, blood rushing in her ears and dripping down her shoulder from torn skin.