100.Jack's Fears

Jack

I ran away from the boars, a sense of survival streaming in my veins and hoping that the others were following behind me. We didn't have the time nor energy to waste fighting a pack of stupid boars. I stopped, still in my tracks as I realized that I couldn't hear anything. This was a forest that echoed even a whisper and it didn't make sense that I couldn't hear the footsteps of my siblings.

I turned to look at them and scowled when I didn't see them. Had they even been running after me all this while or I had run past them? That wasn't possible. Quinn was a faster runner than I was and I couldn't have gone past him. I sighed, realizing that I could have been faster than Quinn. He was closer to Mia and wouldn't run fast and leave her behind. Moreover, he had the extra bag with him and that was bound to make him lag behind.

I cursed, rebuking myself for being selfish. I shouldn't have thought of myself alone and ran for my safety without thinking of the others.

I decided to tak