Elara.
I run.
Through the woods, I turn back to see if Rosa is behind me and she’s gone. I’m by myself.
Sudden fear rushes through me as I hear the howls in the distance behind me. Flashes from my very first day flood through me. The searing pain in my calf returns, it’s been months since that day when Rion found me alone in the woods.
So much has happened since, I feel like I am a different person now. Stronger. He won’t catch me so easily tonight.
I rub my body against trees all over as I run, trying to throw him off. I come up to a big old oak tree and look up, there is a nice cluster of branches which will provide cover for me. I start my climb, my boots giving me some grip as I hoist myself up into the branches. My training with Yazier is paying off, it is effortless. I look
