Carl had been here about a week and was still finding it all a bit much to take in. His mother and father were both here and they were all living together at the hotel. The village looked more welcoming than it had when he'd arrived, but that didn't mean Carl was feeling all that safe. He looked over his shoulder at nearly every turn, expecting to find walkers inside each building he entered or corner he turned. But there seemed to be none. He'd spent so long in constant danger that he didn't know how to handle the calm. In some ways it was almost worse.

Since coming here he hadn't strayed far from his mother or father. Except the one outing he'd made to the arcade. He should start going to the school soon, maybe next week, but hadn't started going just yet. If he was only going to leave this place and go back home, he didn't really see the point of school. But his mother wanted him to go.

He decided to take another walk out on his own, although he had a gun hidden at his back just in case he might need it, There were vampires and demons here too, that's what Jace had told him, so he also had a small squirt gun in his pocket full of holy water if he might need that as well.

There were so many shops here, stores, restaurants... was that a gun range?