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So, the only way I would be successful was if I outran him

Or…kill hio over well last tiht be different

When I’d killed the guard, I’d taken as much of the food as I could before I ran off, so my stomach had been full at that time, but without more nourishment, I wouldn’t make it far If I found the cave where we’d rested, I could raid the storage and keep going That was the goal… I just had to find it

I ran for hours in the dark, using the reflection of the uide my direction The sun eventually peeked over the horizon and lit up the sky in the colors of sunrise It was much easier to see, but if it was easier for me, it was also easier for him

I fought to run as long as I possibly could, but ht of the weapons I carried I would walk then run, alternating between the two so I could move forward at a decent pace

I was under the cover of the trees when I heard it

A whistle

It nized what it was

A signal

Huntley had uards had been killed I didn’t knohat else to do besides hug the trunk and hope I wasn’t seen It was dark under the canopy of the trees because the liled to penetrate the branches and the snow My breath escaped as clouds of vapor, so I tried to slowmyself away

Boots crunched against the snow

My hand went to the hilt of ripped it

“Maybe it was just a vision A vision of the h the woods” The voice wasn’t deep like Huntley’s, but it was far more formidable because of the way it sounded…unhuman “Spike, was that a dream? Or did you see it too?”

A voice far deeper than Huntley’s spoke “Yes”

Fuck They knew exactly where I was, and they were toying with me

“No need to be afraid, darling,” the first one said “Come out Show us your beautiful face”

Huntley had been otten that other people were out here Or…other things

I stepped out and turned in the direction of the voices My face was hard, h ht of theloves, swords at their hips But their faces…I’d never seen anything like it

Too many teeth crowded theirs than teeth It was almost as if their mouths were outside their bodies I didn’t kno they chewed How they even spoke