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THIRTY-SIX: Goodbye

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My lungs are on fire. The gravel that cut into my feet outside the house has turned into sharp sticks and pine needles now, the forest is swallowing me whole. Every breath is a wheeze, ragged, my chest aching from the sprint.

The moonlight barely cuts through the canopy, everything around me a blur of trunks and shadows.

I don’t stop. If I stop, he’ll catch me. If he catches me—fuck, no.

Something snaps beneath me. A thick branch rolls under my bare foot and the pain rips through me before I even hit the ground. I bite back a scream, but a broken sound still escapes as my knees slam into the dirt. My palms sting. Warmth spills down my ankle.

Shit. Shit. I tore something open.

I claw my way to the base of a tree, pressing my hand against the gash on my leg, but the blood keeps sliding through my fingers, sticky and hot. The coppery smell is so sharp it makes my stomach turn. My eyes blur, not sure if from tears or the sting of dirt grinding into the cut.

The forest is quiet except for
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