Evaline:
I didn't know how long I had been running.
Or if I could even call it running.
My legs stumbled more than they moved, my breaths came out in sharp, uneven gasps, and every step felt like my body was threatening to give out beneath me. But I didn't stop.
Simply because I couldn't, not even for a second.
The cold bit into my skin, sharp and merciless, but it was nothing compared to the fear clawing its way through my chest.
I had to get away. As far as possible from that cave… from him.
Branches scraped against my face and hands as I pushed through the dense forest, the darkness making it nearly impossible to see where I was going. My senses were still dull and sluggish as the drug still lingered in my system, dragging me down and blurring everything.
I tripped over a root, barely catching myself before I hit the ground.
"Keep going," I whispered to myself, my voice trembling. "Don't stop… don't stop…"
Because the moment I stopped... he would catch me.
