Chapter 34

Lola

Thump. Thump.

Dried leaves and stumps crunched under my feet as my pace ate up the distance between my parents’ house and the woods. Darkness swarmed in like an army, ready to attack and so, causing blood to pump more speedily through my veins.

Adrenaline filled me in an overdrive, my heart racing so hard you'd think it's on its last race.

But I wasn't allowed to stop. My attacker was closing in on me, his face so familiar I knew who it was. Manny.

He had the same devilish grin and mischievous look that screamed: I'm his to conquer, and he'd stop at nothing until he...