The Bite Of Destiny
d gasps. My soaked hair clung to my face, mixing with the blood seeping from the wound on my arm. Every step
ce barked behind me, the sound slic
for any chance of escape. The pounding footsteps of my pursuers grew louder, closer. My heart
abyss below. The waterfall roared, an untamed force crashing against the jagged rocks beneath it. I skidded to a halt, my chest rising and falli
was not
er, Mont
d just beyond the tree line, his silhouette framed by the darkness. His sharp features were partially obscured by the downpour, but his pierc
carried over the storm as if the elements themselves bow
knew everything. But he didn't understand-he never had. If the truth got out, it
s," I whispered, my voice barely
, the corner of his lips curving into a
ed so loudly I could barely think, barely breathe. There was no way out of this, no
oser. "You don't hav
but he was gone. Whatever softness had once existed in his
eath, I let my lips c
destro
ump