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Solana

I was walking so fast now, that too on an unfamiliar path and was not paying attention, so when I tripped over a large tree root and went flying into the air, I shouldn't have been so bothered. But when I landed into a shallow pit, hitting my ankle against a rock, I knew it was over. I was stuck.

“Fuck.”

I looked back toward the house, but I'd wandered too deep into the woods to see any more than the fanciful chimney tops. I pressed my hands against the soft soil and tried to haul myself up. I held onto the pit's side and tried to claw my way up and out, but my ankle was starting to hum and swell painfully.

Panic lodged itself in my throat. “Hello? Can anyone hear me?” I screamed, getting nothing but silence in return.

Oh no.

There was no way I could get out on my own. Not with my ankle feeling like murder. Pulling out my phone from my pocket, I unwrapped the earbuds and pushed one into my left ear, then tapped the screen, unlocked it, and scrolled down to where Abel had entere