#Chapter 69: Mistakes & Monsters

Celeste

My footsteps resounded with the frenetic pace of my heart as I sprinted into the dense cover of the woods. All the shadows seemed to stretch and lengthen, casting eerie patterns on the forest floor.

The canopy overhead swallowed the ambient party sounds, wrapping me in an uncomfortable cocoon of silence, only broken by the ragged cadence of my breath.

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