CHAPTER 67

  Yet even as she hit the ground she cradled her baby girl in her arms, protecting her from the rough terrain that is the forest floor.

  Her mum instantly heaving, all the breath leaves her lungs and in place of it blood, she coughs spraying Baylees face with it.

  She gasps grabbing Baylees face, her voice gurgling as she talks

  “baby baby listen to me I’m not going to make it but you need to run”

  She shakes her head, her tiny body trembles

  “No mommy I don’t want to leave without you”

  “Shushhh”

  She whispers, tears streaming down her face as she cries, her heart breaking

  “Baby I love you forever, you need to go now. I love you I love you so much—“

  She's cut off as blood flows from her mouth, her body giving up as Baylee watches her die a painful horrific death.

  3 men catch up to them, growling as they try to rip her from her mothers arms. She pulls away, tripping over the roots of the trees.