-Elena-
“You can’t hide from us!”
“We WILL find you!”
“She went this way!”
“Where do you think you can run to?”
The words echoed through the forest, each shout intensifying my terror. My fear was nearly paralyzing, but I forced myself to keep running. I couldn’t afford to stop. My lungs burned, my legs felt numb from exhaustion, and my eyes were blurred with tears. I knew that if I stopped, I would end up back in that place.
No, I was never going back there. I refused. For months, I had been tormented, beaten, and humiliated by them. No more! I had escaped, but now they were hunting me. They were faster than me, but giving up was not an option. If I did, I was as good as dead. If they caught me, he would kill me! He would beat me until I felt nothing but pain, and then he would s
