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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 pretty919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09oKS5CCn6
sure I was running for my life from whatever was chasing me. The air919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMcgTWcFSC
around me was cold and there was fog everywhere. The full moon had come919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSBo37CTwU
up and it was as bright as ever. But its light wasn’t bright enough for919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwWom0Zbgz
it to illuminate around the forest because of the foliage of the tree919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL6A5dmrLU
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 now919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyZrnd5QPz
was clearly not the time to check myself. I could feel its presence and I919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7roUoimsLX
knew it was coming closer and closer. I could tell it wanted me. I919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB9YMi4Ne7
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’t919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpV5a3w2c0
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 the919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAy5QHD3Ge
adrenaline that spread throughout my body had kept me going for what919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr31Jrd96W
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 whatever919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAwFtxAGjG
was after me had finally caught me. Before I could scream, a hand919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5Odh3ycv2
quickly covered my mouth and I could tell I was with a person, but it919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsQnwjpsWZ
was too dark to even see who it was. I could tell it was a man because I919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzeWd2T7DF
could make out the person’s physique even in the darkness. I could feel919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN05j89Mb5
his other strong arm pin my whole body with my back against the tree919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgT1RsPfct
that I couldn’t even move. The hand he used to cover my mouth was919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZLqUdUmAh
quickly withdrawn. He put up his index finger and placed it to his lips919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMnmXAfSqx
obviously telling me to be quiet. I silently nodded, and for once, my919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8vxErlqCR
breathing slowed down and I felt my body relax a little. I could tell919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hEDprIJH9
that no matter what, this man in front of me was only trying to protect919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHD2IWSbjaU
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 in919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGdIdGec7W
silence. Then a black shadow passed us and it was moving as fast as I919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGYDEIXsVL
could have ever imagined. The shadow was going to catch me, no doubt919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzyx7MnryU
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 the919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8E9qZMyjJ
hand and dragged me along with him to wherever we were going. He didn’t919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbOfqvzF06
say a single word to me and it was best to keep quiet in these forests,919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DQbrVtkPC
just in case the shadow ever found us. We soon came upon an open area919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUQN0wRy9Z
with a few trees around, the moon shone brightly over us and I could see919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyNLuVf7fp
the man’s back but not his face. As I continued to look at him, I919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTttXn6owX3
couldn’t help but feel that I know him. I wanted to see his face so919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYF1TZ8J0k
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 out919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPddaeUv4ib
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqhOB5s320
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 feel919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60GeLBJEKS
surprised and yet again happy when I saw his face. But some things919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MZKQ9S9Di
weren’t adding up though. How did he know where to find me in the first919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSXZGqJLJs
place?
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And why of all people did it have to be him?
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