Chapter Forty One

RPOV

Songs: Tumbleweed by Puscifer, Mama's Gonna Give You Love by Emily Wells

The smell of fresh morning dew filled my nose with each breath I took. The beat of my heart drummed in synchronization with the sounds of my feet pounding against the earth. I knew the trail so well, I could have closed my eyes if I wished. But I didn't dare. The scene around me was so serene I sometimes wished I didn't have to blink.

I could feel a deep burn creeping up my legs, but rather than succumb to it I reveled in it, pushing harder, faster as I raced through the trees. Every color green you could imagine coated the entirety of the woods. The pale viridian moss clung to rocks and tree sides, dark emerald leaves hung lowly from heavy branches, rows of juniper vines climbed up towering trunks. Green, green, green, all around me. A shade that welcomed me home. A tone that brought me peace.

Suddenly, a new palette was introduced. One instant it was beside me in a flash, the next it was behind me in a fad