ANGEL
My feet were bleeding.
I could feel it with every step, the sting of rocks and debris cutting into my soles.
All I saw were trees, no roads or houses. Nothing but endless forest like the world had forgotten civilization existed.
Where the hell was this place? The end of the world?
I was beyond exhausted and dehydrated, every muscle in my body screaming for me to stop, to collapse right here on the forest floor and let whatever came next just happen. But I kept moving because I was terrified, too afraid that Daniel might appear behind me.
Was he dead?
The question circled my mind like a vulture.
An even more terrifying thought was what if I was going in circles?
I’d have no way of knowing since the trees all looked the same. I could be running straight back to the cabin for
