Tag: suspense
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Always Wary in the Woods

I sniff the air. There’s that pungent, metallic stench. I sniff the soil. Blood. The same thing every day now, it seems. I part the undergrowth and press my body through, catching thorns, nicking tears into my skin. I scarcely notice. Let another scar be added to the mass of old ones crosshatching my skin.…
