Siren Song Chapter 100

Published at 17th of August 2019 10:05:05 AM Chapter 100

Chang just barely managed to squeeze through the narrow window that led outside . The jagged glass ends poked through her shirt, raking her upper torso and her legs, leaving long red trails on her skin . After being tied up without food for so long, she felt weak, and it was a monumentous effort to drag herself through the window as quietly as possible .

She almost wept and kissed the ground and the sweet smell of fresh air and the sight of stars twinkling over her head . The moon was full illuminating the barren area she was in, giant black jagged mountains loomed before her, dark and imposing .

She set off in a northish direction, making a wide loop around the bunker where she had been held, putting the mountains behind her right shoulder .

AdvertisementShe wanted to run but she did not have the energy for that . Instead she set off at an even pace, trying to avoid bramble and thorns with her bare feet . She crossed her arms across herself trying to keep in her warmth, holding her bare arms . The faint clouds of her breath as she walked let her know just how cold it is .

'Just where am I? It wasn't that cold in Lahat . '

The question plagued her as she continued on forward . Anywhere had to be better than where she came from .

After a while, she had to stop, noticing she was leaving bloody footprints from her cold-numbed feet . Chang stopped to tear a couple of strips from the bottom of her long undershirt, and wrapped the strips on her bare feet .

Her poor feet screamed in distress as she wrapped them as best she could to help protect them from further damage . She hoped it would be enough as she couldn't take more from her shirt . The thin material was barely keeping any heat in, or providing any covering stopping just at the end of the swell of her butt .

Chang shivered rubbing her arms, as she swayed to her feet .

'I gotta keep moving, no matter what . Stopping equals death or worse . . '

Shortly after she made a few steps she heard a few cracking noises behind her, almost deafening through the night . The growling of the engine started to come from behind her, the lights shining over the dunes . A few more of the noises cracked out and she screamed involuntarily, recognizing them as gunshots .

Fear truly can be the best motivator . It pushed her on heading to the nearest high swell to hunker down an hide . She was more in the open, trying to walk on the flatter, more easier traverse areas .

Lights flashed across her once illuminating her in the darkness before passing on . They quickly came back to her though as her grimy white undershirt gave her away like a beacon .

Chang ran desperately feeling tears and snot run down her face .

'No this isn't fair, no, I just have to run faster . I can make it, I can make it!'

Like a monster chasing after her, the engines growling grew louder and more fierce as it caught up to her . She tripped and stumbled but kept moving, little panicked sounds came from her chest as she ran .

The sand in front of her feet exploded into columns before her, stopping her in her tracks . She turned to head a different way, but was stopped by the shots planted in front of her . It was too late already . The truck rolled to a stop in front of her, the headlights blinding .

Chapter end

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