Petra Halbur

The Morning Shift

There was only a 5% chance the bite would turn me, according to Google. I readjusted the ice pack on my forearm and continued to scroll through the WCC website on my phone. The Walker Control Commission’s official guidelines stated that, though the chances of “conversion” were small, bite victims were nonetheless urged to isolate themselves for twenty-four hours after the walker attack and to contact their local WCC unit immediately if they began exhibiting symptoms of fever, dehydration or tremors.