Chapter 47: Coming To Terms With What Happened

“Crunch”

I slowly open my eyes and right away I see a fawn staring at me from just a few feet away.  It’s sweet doe eyes blink and then it starts to walk away slowly.  I glance over at the fire and notice that it has died down and all that is left are a couple embers. 

Realizing that it must be only four or five, I try to fall back asleep by closing my eyes, but then I hear another noise and it seems like it is getting closer and closer by the second.  I open my eyes just in time to see a hunter leap into the air and come down on the place where I lay with his knife out and a closed fist hits me in the head just before I black out.

This time when I open my eyes, I wince as I feel a stabbing pain in my temple and all I see is darkness.  I try to move but discover that my hands are bound behind my back.  Waking up fully, I try to sit and can’t because my ankles are also tied together. 

As I try to cry out, my sounds ar