Chapter 3: Captured
Twenty minutes later into the forest, the cool night air stung the cheeks of Samantha and her brother as they charged through the forest, just like the Vampire Lord had commanded them.
Their breaths were heavy and the sole of their feet felt sore to the ground, but it wasn’t enough to break their will of making it out of this alive.
Although they had no idea what was chasing them, they both knew they had to keep running until they felt safe.
The lights from the moon reflected off their eyes, giving them a ghostly appearance in the midst of the barren trees.
The sounds of their frantic footsteps crunched on the lifeless ground, echoing through the empty woods.
The branches of the trees were devoid of any leaves, their shapes looking like gnarled fingers trying to grasp at anything that passed by.
The trees themselves looked dead, their bark dry and brittle with deep grooves in their trunks
Running through the lifeless forest where nothing grew, both siblings shuddered as they imagined the animals that once resided in these woods, now likely nowhere to be found.
Samantha was only starting to take notice of her surroundings as she kept running, her brother’s hand was safely trapped in hers to avoid being separated from one another.