I have no idea for how long I have been running. All I knew was that Alexander knew exactly what was going on around thirty minutes ago. I heard his painful howl echo right through the woods and I knew he would try to track my scent. s**t ... I needed to do something to throw him off completely. I ran zig zag across the entire section, making sure I was rubbing up against every tree that I could find. I had to confuse him to stall him at least for a few minutes. There was a river close by, I knew that if I got across that river, I would be free.
I heard twigs snap a few miles behind me and I knew he was close. So close that I could hear his paws hit the dirt each time he lifted them. It felt like my breathing started to accelerate more than what it should have. By this time I was a hurtin
