Brielle's POV
The world had turned into a blur of pain and exhaustion. My feet dragged across the forest floor, every step sending sharp jolts of agony through my legs. My chest heaved as I fought for air, my throat raw and dry. I’d been walking for hours,or maybe days,time had blurred into one long, endless fight to keep moving.
The forest had changed again, the air heavier, colder. Shadows stretched between the trees like long, dark fingers, and the silence pressed against me like a vice. No birds. No wind. Just the faint sound of my own ragged breaths.
I didn’t even know how far I’d gone. My only goal had been to keep moving. To get away. But I was too weak to focus, too hungry to think straight, and too damn tired to care where I was going.
My body screamed at me to stop, to colla
