Chapter 24

Theo grabbed me, knocking my feet out from underneath me, and started running. He shifted me slightly, forcing my legs around his hips as he took off through the forest. My scream getting stuck in my throat, my terrified scream dying out as the trees flew past me, bile rising and pooling in my mouth as I tried to stop myself from throwing up. I clenched my eyes shut tight, fearing that we were going to hit a tree. If that happens, I don t want to see coming. I could feel the blood leave my face, my stomach lurching as I dry heaved. I clung tighter to Theo pulling him as close as possible, wishing he would just stop or at least slow down. Pushing my face into his neck shielding it from the wind that was stinging my skin. Everything passing by quickly, blurring out my surroundings as he weaved in and out of the trees. I could feel the long grass from the paddocks whipping my bare feet, which were already killing from running through the forest.