Chapter Fifteen

My breathing felt like plaster on my skin. I was beyond petrified. The only thing that made sense was the breathing I was fiercely doing, I don’t know how much it would help me, but I just needed to breathe.

Mike had told me to put it together, and not let fear dominate me, but it was getting increasingly difficult to achieve. How could I not let fear dominate me, when I literally didn’t know what was out to destroy me? And, every part of my senses was screaming that danger was lurking around the shadows.

“They are here,” Mike was saying.

I looked towards the light, and noted it was more prominent than it was before. Mike pulled deeper into the shrubs, pulling me along with him. In five more minutes, I saw a few men and women walking around in stiff clothes.

On a closer inspection, I spotted the weapons enclosed on their calves. Their footsteps were powerful, but not too powerful to shake the soil. A dark fear enclosed my heart.

They were close enough that they might easily spot