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Leaves and branches scratched my arms, face and other parts of my body as I ran along the dark wooded forest. I didn’t know where I was going, but I was pretty981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQChGdSb1CH
sure I was running for my life from whatever was chasing me. The air981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllQjTQbkZp
around me was cold and there was fog everywhere. The full moon had come981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzCjnS4xDW
up and it was as bright as ever. But its light wasn’t bright enough for981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPJNLR14dc
it to illuminate around the forest because of the foliage of the tree981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkS17bx9AB
leaves above.
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I ran, trying to dodge every branch and jump over any fallen log blocking my path. I had fallen over a log at some point and must have badly injured my knee, but now981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeW3DcQIUE
was clearly not the time to check myself. I could feel its presence and I981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN7DrcBLeB
knew it was coming closer and closer. I could tell it wanted me. I981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Kz7WCG09G
could tell it wanted to find me. I could tell it wanted to kill me.
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Whenever I felt it coming closer, I would try to push myself and run a little faster. Sweat ran down my face and I was panting so much. No matter what, I couldn’t981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DBlGZu8SH
stop running and I wasn’t planning on doing so any way.
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This was just like those American horror or Africa Magic movies about witchcraft I had watched. I never thought I would be going though whatever happens in such movies in my life. Everything's so real and my heart pumped so fast that the981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaTmfBPeqH
adrenaline that spread throughout my body had kept me going for what981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmJRUaLlZ7
seemed liked hours.
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All of the sudden, I felt something grab my waist and draw me a few steps back. I found myself pinned to the bark of a tree. For a moment, I thought whatever981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyX2pIqpOT
was after me had finally caught me. Before I could scream, a hand981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZgSDz2T5Q
quickly covered my mouth and I could tell I was with a person, but it981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8zzBE78Vt
was too dark to even see who it was. I could tell it was a man because I981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G2iBWd20H
could make out the person’s physique even in the darkness. I could feel981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwtkzSk1pT
his other strong arm pin my whole body with my back against the tree981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE7VZf84fX
that I couldn’t even move. The hand he used to cover my mouth was981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeJVI2Q7bb
quickly withdrawn. He put up his index finger and placed it to his lips981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYOz1YW5FZ
obviously telling me to be quiet. I silently nodded, and for once, my981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYZ3BBlOc5
breathing slowed down and I felt my body relax a little. I could tell981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXwX5Dp7PD
that no matter what, this man in front of me was only trying to protect981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDIer1rPKu
me, but that didn’t mean I had forgotten about the danger around us.
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A chilling sensation came over me. The feeling became stronger and I knew it was coming closer. The man still had me pinned to the tree and he just waited in981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywCa0Gp1mN
silence. Then a black shadow passed us and it was moving as fast as I981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5S1cvhZFw
could have ever imagined. The shadow was going to catch me, no doubt981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix2yRNUW0t
about that. Thank goodness the man came before anything happened.
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A few seconds later, the chilling sensation had subsided and I couldn’t help but feel relived. The man’s hand that held me to the tree loosened and he took me by the981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIfwC506VC
hand and dragged me along with him to wherever we were going. He didn’t981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAYXzjTMSk
say a single word to me and it was best to keep quiet in these forests,981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhn9BYOfNF
just in case the shadow ever found us. We soon came upon an open area981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBLnF1U0ky
with a few trees around, the moon shone brightly over us and I could see981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx82yBq088
the man’s back but not his face. As I continued to look at him, I981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIbVpsL8uM
couldn’t help but feel that I know him. I wanted to see his face so981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4tkmVDXMq
badly and curiosity took the better of me: I spoke.
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“Do I know you?” I asked.
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The man stopped walking and I bumped into his back. I felt his body go rigid because of my question. I hoped I hadn’t upset him. He was the only key to getting out981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGTAxrGBDD
of here.
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“Now isn’t the right time for this,” he whispered, “and you better stop talking. We aren’t safe here.”
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“I just wanted to know who are you, that’s all,” I whispered. “I want to thank you for what you did for me back there.”
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“Don’t thank me; we aren’t out of the forest yet.”
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I couldn’t help but say, “You sound very familiar, do I know you?”
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For a moment there was only silence and all I could do was stare at the back of the man who had saved me. He sighed out heavily and he finally spoke:
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“Knowing you, you aren’t going to give up so easily, asking the same question just to annoy me. You’re always so persistent and stubborn, Diana.”
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It was now my turn for my body to go rigid. I stared at him with shock. How did he know my name? How did he know I was persistent and stubborn? I needed answers.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSidGYMgEy
And I needed them right away.
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I didn’t have to ask the questions that were running around my head as the man immediately turned to face me. My jaw suddenly dropped and I couldn’t help but feel981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3Pr1r9jLn
surprised and yet again happy when I saw his face. But some things981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd6Fls9DUv
weren’t adding up though. How did he know where to find me in the first981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrhGnbBJDC
place?
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And why of all people did it have to be him?
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