CHAPTER 8 —When the Earth Answered
Carolyn
I hit the ground.
The pain was immediate, shooting up my leg like lightning as my ankle twisted beneath me with an awful crunch. I screamed, the sound ripping out of my throat before I could stop it.
“No, no, no!”
My body rolled across the road, skin scraping painfully against the rough tar before I came to a halt on my side. My ankle throbbed violently, already swelling, the joint screaming in protest every time I tried to move it.
I tried to stand but I collapsed again with a sob.
I scrambled backward instinctively, dragging my useless leg behind me, my palms burning as they scraped against the ground.
“Don’t move,” a voice growled.
“Finally caught the b***h,” another sneered.
Tears streamed freely down my face as panic swallowed me wh
