Click.
She froze. Stood Still. Could they hear her heart pounding in the darkness? How much had they seen? All of it? Had it all been true? Were they there the whole time? And now. Now. Was she deluding herself to think she could somehow escape? How long would it go on? If she took another step, would she break another branch? Oh, how she needed silence but then perhaps they already knew of her attempt to escape. Perhaps they were watching with mirth and amusement. Was she really going to live forever as their lab rat?
Click.
This time it wasn't her footstep that broke the silence. Someone else was out here with her.
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