TMUW 62: Escape

"Aurora," a soft voice whispered, gently tapping my cheek.

I stirred, feeling extremely weak as I slowly opened my eyes. My cheek throbbed painfully, probably from the dried blood that had already stopped from streaming down my face. The last thing I could recall was being hit on the head, and after that, they'd placed a sack over my head.

"Can you run?" Lucas whispered softly.

I shook my head. "Who's with you?" I asked, straining to hear any sounds around us.

"You can ask that later," he replied, and he quickly undoing the ties on my legs and arms.

I left with no choice when he suddenly pulled me off without any words and started running to leave that area. Despite my knees feeling like jelly, I did my best to keep up, knowing that if I didn't, we could both die.

Panic surged in me when I heard two people approaching from where Lucas and I were currently hidden.

"There are people," I whispered in alarm, even though I knew that he could hear them too.

"Damn it," he muttered, pu