84. Fighting through

[Diana’s POV]

“Maybe they aren’t here to make things worse, look,” Zephyr said.

I looked at the zombies that flooded our way seconds ago, and were divided into smaller groups towards the others.

“Use them as bait?” Reese said.

“No. I don’t think they will be used as baits. They are too smart for that. But we can’t let their smartness get the golden dreamcatcher either,” Zephyr said, peering at Kazeal, then skimming his eyes to Devon.

“What’s the plan?” I asked.

“The most important part of the plan is you are not going in there with us,” Zephyr said. “You will be here on the land...”

“Why? Because I am a girl?” I frowned.

“Why do you girls always think we men are trying to protect you? The thought never crossed your mind that we keep you away from troubles because we might need saving later if things go wrong. We protect you because we need you to protect us later. You will stay up here because we’d need someone outside the pit to pull us out. The pit’s deep and steep. For our quick e