Chapter Thirty-Nine
Rebecca's hair had turned completely white. More than white, it was almost translucent, like fine strands of glass growing from her scalp. At first it had repulsed her, but as time passed, she began to appreciate her own spectral beauty. Her eyes had lost all semblance to the ordinary brown, and now glowed like rubies. Her skin was flawless, smooth and silky and white like milk. She delighted in any lotions she could find when they went out on night raids.
She was wrapping bandages around Robert's blistered arms. He was new to the colony, and was still learning to avoid the sun at all costs. He hadn't lost all of his color yet, his skin was still a patchwork of white and tan. His hair was two toned, white at the roots, and brown at the tips. "We aren't going to surv
