"We have to keep running until there's no other choice but to fight."
With every step, it beats in my chest, fighting my way through the thick underbrush of the forest, placing distance between myself and chaos at the stronghold.
The darkness wraps around me. My mind races with thoughts of all that has brought me to this moment in life.
The weight of the world is held on my shoulders and with it, the balance of my family's fate.
Before me, I see the bush he told me to meet him at, with every step my pulse quickens.
The thought of his wicked grin seems to flash before my mind a chilling reminder of my bargain struck.
A deep breath is taken and in it, I steady myself for what is about to be. Strong, though frightened, I must be.
Finally reaching the place, it is bathed in moonlight,
