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If what thosebefore they chased

I also had to abandon plans of trying to get to the gate, at least for now

I cliround, I began racing through the trees, stopping every now and then to listen and reorienton foot than swinging through the trees

I tried to et back to the road, make my way back to the beach and reenter the sub before dawn broke

As the trees began to thin, I breathed out in relief

I was almost at the first road now

I was about to make the last steps up to the concrete when the smell of fresh blood consumed me

It came on so suddenly, so unexpectedly, it hit ht I was still satisfied froer again

What is wrong with o

I castto hear any sounds of hu for at least aof leaves and that sa to drive me delirious

It seemed that each second that passed, it becameof a floorboard

My eyes shot upward to see, high up in the trees, a treehouse of sorts

I didn’t need to be a genius to guess that whatever this was, it was the base of thoseto not et away from the treehouse before my darkness took over and I cliht

But before I could reach the road, a sharp pain hit the back of ht into it

Behind me, a un still raised as he observedit out of ain toward the road before he could aim another at me

But I barely even an to feel heavy, hed down

I forced myself into the shadow of the trees, but about ten feet later, ave way beneath me

My head hit a rock and darkness finally claiht blinded ain

As htness,at a ed, pock in a chair, about five feet away from me