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There was one thing they didn’t have, though

The bone-deep desire not to be raped or murdered

That was a driving force they couldn’t possibly understand

It erous than I looked

I just had to think I had to choose my moment precisely Then strike without hesitation

And trust thatover the past few days and could carry me far and fast

Taking a deep breath, then another, that was all that was on rown-assin several different directions as someone cursed the cloud cover because they couldn’t see their way by stars or whatever their Boy Scout training taught them to do

“No, shithead, this is back toward the house,” one of the ation led us in a new direction

“No,” the other guy insisted

“Yeah, dipshit I ripped that branch off witha branch off the ground and waving it around

“Jesus Christ I have a real crack tea off in the other direction

While I kept aze focused on the way back toward the cabin

I wish I could have broken off branches as ent, but I couldn’t risk it

Besides, did I really want to go back to the cabin? See Bella beside me had done to him?

No

No, I didn’t think I could handle that

I dealt with death a lot in my life But never of someone I cared about like I cared about Bellamy

I couldn’t see him like that

I could get myself safe then call his team to come and handle his remains

A lohiht about hi over

“I can walk,” I offered

“No,” Ada to be able to just break away and run And, really,would be to take at least one of them out on my way