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68. Dark

Author: Naomi D.
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-17 22:57:42
Atalanta’s pov

I was almost out of the hunter’s compound when someone spotted me. I was stronger than him thanks to my mixed blood, but I wasn’t healed yet from my fight earlier today, so it took longer than I wanted to take him down.

He got a few good hits in before I kicked him in the groin.

In the end, I had to use the knife I brought, stabbing him in the neck.

I had never killed anyone before, and I threw up when it was over.

I’m not brave or strong.

How I wish I had memorized the route to the Crescent Moon pack, but I didn't. It probably took me longer than it needed to, but I tried to follow the tire tracks from all the cars that had left.

They couldn’t drive the main roads but had to use dirt roads not to stand out so their tire tracks were easy to follow.

It was still light out, but it was starting to get darker.

It would have been beautiful to see the sunset and the blue moon shine, but I didn't have time to watch it. My eyesight is better than that of a human, and it
Naomi D.

Have a very bad headache today, so it took me a while to write. I also needed to figure out how she got caught on fire. If people ever check my history they'll see a lot of weird searches. I thought about letting the fire explode because of the gun being fired, but mythbuster had busted that myth. Than i thought about a lit sigaret, but apparantly gasoline just puts the sigaret out. lol, that's why I used a zippo lighter instead.

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