Kaelin’s right. I am a pampered Princess who grew up sheltered and soft, with every opportunity to live a quiet and safe existence, and I have no idea what I'm doing out here. I have no concept of the real danger in this world, and I was an i***t to think I could do this. Eve is a bigger one for running away.
This is stupider than anything Eve has ever done.
I'm so preoccupied with my pity party that being ram-raided and hauled down around the waist from behind comes out of nowhere. No sound, no warning, just a sudden tackle of strength and fury that whips my breath out as I'm caught up and dragged in a high-speed run right into the clearing and skid along the ground with the dead weight of a stench on top of me.
It knocks the air out of me, sends me spiraling into mental chaos, and ins
