Chapter 285 Two Comebacks

The leap was high; it carried them far beyond the razor-wire fence, over the smoldering ruins of Sector D. Even though they plummeted down fast after that, Roadkill's boots touched down lightly on the flat roof of an abandoned office block just outside the compound. The impact was soft, almost soundless, as if the laws of physics bent for him alone. Kate's stomach flipped from the sudden stop, her arms still wrapped instinctively around his neck. The city skyline stretched in the distance, something she found really romantic all of a sudden. For a long moment, Kate couldn't speak. Emotions crashed through her all at once. First was the relief that she was alive, coupled with the shock at the explosion she narrowly avoided. Then there was something deeper, rawer, that had been buried for months. The beauty's eyes stung, and she felt the heat of tears threatening to spill out. Roadkill was there, holding her in his arms. After all this time thinking he was gone, maybe dead, maybe vanishe