Escape (3)

Sunset glow was filtering into the rocky crevice.

Only perfect silence surrounded me.

I couldn't hide in this rocky crevice forever.

To avoid making a sound, I carefully parted the fallen leaves and slipped out.

Cold forest air brushed against my wounded skin.

The first thing I had to do was escape this horrific foreign sensation.

The two plugs embedded in my body were another brand constantly reminding me that my very existence belonged to him.

The pressure and twisting pain I felt whenever I moved too violently kept scattering my thoughts.

In this state, I could neither escape properly nor fight.

Fortunately, I wasn't far from the stream I had used to escape...