6. Surviving the night

Gemma

She’d kept going as long as she could, until her legs were about to give out and it was getting too dark for her to see the obstacles she could trip over.  She kept going until she found a place that was relatively protected by large boulders.  She was just grateful that it was summer and not winter, at least that was counting in her favor.

Gemma dropped to the ground that was nearly surrounded with a rock outcrop with a sigh of relief and then rummaged through her bag, fishing out her blanket and jacket that she could use for the night.  She felt utterly alone sitting there in the gathering darkness, but she didn’t dare make a fire to show them where she was in case they were still out looking for her, though the fire would have soothed some of her loneliness.

Pulling out her bag with bacon, pancakes and toast, she chewed one pancake and one piece of bacon slowly, savoring the food that finally lined her stomach that had been co