Poppy's P.O.V
My lungs burned with every step I took deeper into the forest. It felt as if my legs would give out with every collision of the forest floor. My entire body was filled with an agonizing amount of pain that was unbearable. The only thing that kept me going was the thought that my son, the last piece that connected me to my mate, was not safe. The forest was beginning to grow dark as I looked above at the setting sky. I paused, gasping for air as I bent over. My breathing was a mixture of coughing and gasping. I looked behind me, ensuring that i was not being followed, before taking a seat on a nearby rock. My hand rested gently on my collarbone. My entire body was frozen to the touch, everything except my mark. The mark Ashton gave me felt boiling hot to the touch, with seve
