Amelia POV

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me the moment I left Lucifer.

It was pure raw and desperate motion driven by the need to stay alive.

My lungs burned like they were being flayed from the inside, my breath becoming ragged and heavy.

The branches slapped against my face, but that didn't stop me.

The deeper into the forest, I ran, the more the darkness enveloped. I could barely see what was in front of me.

That was when my foot caught on something solid… a thick ...