9. Caught.

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~ LAYLA ~ Twigs and branches scratch against my skin as I run through the trees, my lungs burning from the lack of enough oxygen. My breathing comes out in short ragged pants as I keep running. I don't know where to go, because I don't have anywhere to go. I have no family left. No place I can run to for refuge. But I keep running. This is what I have been doing since the night I lost my family. Running. And doing everything I can to stay alive. I push harder, my legs burning as I pick up more speed. “Aaahh!” I hiss loudly in pain as I fall to the ground, my toes burning from the sharp agony inflicted by some evil huge rock I hadn't realize on time was in my path. Fuck. I wince in more pain as I crawl towards a nearby tree, trying to reach it and use it as a support to help myself

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