EP 8 CHAPTER 32

EMBERLYN WOLFSONG

I must escape this trap and this old witch's wicked scheme. I move off the front lawn of the cottage without thinking and start running as quickly as I can into the bushes. I heed my gut and head in what seems to be a safe route that will keep me far away from the blood wolves.

Running through the bushes at top speed, I feel their determined grazes against my skin as if they are trying to stop me from reaching my destination, but I ignore them all and keep moving forward. I keep running, cold sweat trickling down my brow and my heart thumping louder in my chest. This is the appropriate moment. I have some free time this afternoon. I have no restrictions. I am thinking to myself the entire time I am running, using all of my strength to swing my hands.

And then I reach a spot that appears to have some people living there. Although the area I am looking at is still covered in forest, there is one area that has been cleared in a way that appears to have been done b