Saved By The Daughter Of The Moon

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the first thing I heard. I snapped to attention, m

The escape. I had run... run till my legs failed me, and I had fallen here, in the middle of

afford to s

came flooding back to me like a slap in the face. Mason'

in to listen more. The footsteps were appro

were

s racing. The thick branches of the massive trees towered over me, entw

ow, and I caught snippet

ll her. Sh

fresh...she

ropelled myself upwards off the ground, my legs wobbling beneath

my very bones and I stumbled blindly through the forest,

in, but I didn't stop. I couldn't. Now I heard them, the wolves, their v

I grabbed myself before I hit the ground. I was breathing heavily and had trouble s

ge stream meandering through the forest, like a ribbon made of sil

just keep on running, and so without

rrent pulling me under. The icy water wrapped around me, draggi

My heart pounded in my ears as I kicked my

uldn't find me. But it also threatened to dra

chest tight with the strain. After flail

. She's gott

her anymore.

e stream, a couple of feet above where I was in the water. I

ungs screamed for air, but I held on,

ter," one of them muttered, h

e swimming through it," another voice ri

ve. I didn't move, though. The steady rush of the stream was the only soun

ise. My head cracked the surface, and I took deep breaths to try

m the exertion of the cold air combined w

conds trying to catch my breath. I forced myself to swim

downstream. Even though my body was screaming for

wn the river, it felt like time was never-ending, carrying

et the water carry me since my arm

m, everything around me a smear of green and blue,

d out of consciousness, the slee

s and let the water take me wherever it w

closer to me. I gradually came to the realization that I had reached a sha

e again into forced movement, I dragged myself through

the effort it had required to continue, and my clothes stuck to my skin, heavy and saturated

eded. I h

no idea what awaited me. It was then that I realized I was

eath me. I was surrounded by a deep forest, with tall trees

ious two days, everything appeare

l tracking me or whether they had given up

n't risk st

digging into my feet. My clothes stuck to my body, the cold

for sleep, yet I would not allow it, and

the trees gave way to an open clearin

d me, though. But it was what I notice