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foot. It must have flown off somewhere in the forest, but that was the least of my

t my face. Thorns and splinters bit under my bare foot and sharp edged stones scattered around the path kept poking the s

nd tight, my stomach twisting in on itself wit

uc

had run for hours and yet the

moke and fuel. They were loud and furious, bulldozi

d ruining the quiet night, their bikes tearing through the woods b

hey saw themselves as guardians of justice bringing a killer to the law and I co

of headlights piercing the dark, two, maybe three bikes weaving through the trees, t

ordinated, like they might give out at any second. I stumbled, nearly fa

Get up o

h coming in ragged gasps. Tears blurred my vision, but I wiped the

ival didn't believe me. Who could save me a

vens and everything in it

as all I

rown around old wounds. Moonlight filtered down in fractured beams, silver and pale, casting long shadows that seemed to move wh

into me so hard I cried out. And then the

focating blanket. The next, a sharp gust whipped past my face, tearing

ned, bending unnaturally as its limbs swung dow

hell!" He was angry, startled... followed by the scre

vigorously. My eyes darted around wildly,

I whispered, my

arms and neck like unseen fingers. Leaves lifted off the ground, spinning s

t think

ntly, I felt differen

d sharply between trees that should have caught my shoulders but didn't. My

houting behind me, frustrat

o fast..." Their frustration was obvious and

even understand what was happen

my spine, my heart raced harder and my

hould have tripped me, they shifted, lifting just enough for my foot to clear them. Where

n, hysterical sound

voice shaking. "Is something wrong with the earth... or

eel like this. This felt wild. I couldn't control whatever was happening. I

a living thing. It shoved against my back, propelling me forward, while bran

inning uselessly in softened ground, metal scraping against ro

and there was no way in hell this was a coinci

em glowing, burning, changing or something at least. But they

vibration that felt scary, a stinging sensation

of the warriors anymore, but I was scared

r didn't belong to me? For all I know it could be some witch in the fore

onlight whole. I could feel it watching me now, the air heavy with ten

ight into

me, beneath the terror and exhaustion, a terrible real

didn't know whether that meant

erberated loudly in my ear and then I heard something diff