The Elusive Core

But Declan and the others would eventually have to enter her space. Just thinking about that made Harper genuinely irritated.

The child zombie shrank back slightly at her words and said in a small voice, "I'm not called ‘little brat.' My name is Nora."

After saying that, she fell quiet for a moment, then spoke again.

"Why do you all want to kill me? You're all like that... just like everyone else.