Anya

Finally, I’m free

Sadie and I are leaning on a hill, both the backpacks down. I’m looking straight at the forest and starting to remember all my memories with my mom, Kade, Aunt Beth, and my sisters. My sisters…

“Anya, I know you’re not like them. You’re smart. You may not understand us now but soon you’ll figure it out.”

I get it now, what they meant. I caught myself in a cave, but I found myself in a forest to go to--along with someone.

I look at Sadie, and I can see her looking at the forest as well, maybe thinking about something like I did. Was she...