~ JESSICA ~
My breath came in ragged gasps as I dashed through the dense forest, branches whipping against my face, my heart pounding louder than my footsteps. Harrison’s voice cut through the air behind me, his tone chilling and close. He was calling my name, and each syllable felt like a dagger slicing into my already frayed nerves. My mind was spinning, reeling from the terror that gripped me, but all I could think about was Jack. The moment that strange man had brust into the cabin, something in me had snapped, and I had used the distraction of him knocking Jack out to bolt out of the and run for my life.
The image of Jack crumpling to the ground was burned into my mind, and I winced at the thought that I had left him just when he needed me. Logically, I knew there was nothing I coul
