“Crying?” Julia asked.
Tears were not an unusual occurrence here. There were hard looks on a lot of faces of those coming off the trail. Such journeys were both physically and emotionally trying, a gruelling experience that needed an outlet… crying… getting plastered… or commit a murder.
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She was tempted to secure a room for the night. However, Julia was motivated to get back on the trail at first light. How do I find the camp…
“…follow hikers,” Julia said.
She followed the caravan of brightly coloured backpacks and jackets. When the sun hung low in the sky and shadows stretched out as far as the eyes could see, Julia spotted the camp. It resembled the first one she came across and wondered if variations of these were common.
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She wanted to find a waterfall, with a pool deep enough to dive into. She would strip down to nothing, and let all of her woes wash away in the currents. Alas, such sites were sure to be mapped and her bandage would not hold… that and risk getting arrested…
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Something heavy came into contact with Julia’s forehead. The blow left her disoriented, as though she were underwater. With her senses dulled, Julia never realised that she was drinking the concoction, let alone the familiar taste…
“I don’t want to take my medicine tonight,” Julia remembered saying.
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She let the contents fill her mouth, closed her mouth and used what remained in her lungs to send out in a powerful jet. The sounds of disgust that followed were a sign that someone was not happy. Fuck you!
“Bitch!” Amber yelled. You don’t know how right you are.
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Julia was confused, having no memory of getting hurt. However, the throbbing in her left hand was just beginning to make itself known. When she tried to make a fist, pain shot out through her nervous system. What the—
“Fuck!” Julia yelled.
“Please don’t do that,” Gwen said in a soothing voice. “You’ll only make things worse.”
The world before her was a blur, and guessed that Gwen was before her. With her mind and body so disjointed, Julia wondered if they slipped her something to calm her down. I’ve never felt like this before.
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“Julia?” Amber asked.
Julia had to open and close her eyes several times before the forest and path were restored. To avoid a large tree dead ahead, she had to make a sharp turn. Amber was not so concerned as to pull me out of the way.
Julia laughed nervously before replying, “Sorry!”
“You weren’t there for a minute,” Amber said.
Julia cocked her head to the side. Both Kaylee and Gwen were still on the move with the distance growing between them. This stunt of mine didn’t get noticed.
“Really?” Julia confirmed. “It felt like a… dream… vivid.”
“Perhaps you should hang back and rest?” Amber asked.
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They had a routine, one where Julia would leave early in the morning and meet him out back. They would grab breakfast at the bakery and each other’s company. While neither particularly cared for the burnt that was thick as syrup coffee, it was the company that mattered.
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The lack of answers led her mind to fill the void. Did they know she was a werewolf? Were they leading her to a government lab? Were they working for the corpses? What the fuck did Kaylee do to piss off Amber? I need to focus on something… anything else.
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