07-04-2014, 06:03 PM
The forest, thankfully, was quiet. When Melanie was a young, and being around people became too much for her, she always escaped into the woods by her house. This scared her entire family until they realized that she had the uncanny ability to navigate the woods and for some reason, wild animals never wanted to hurt her. After that, they let her alone. This was why her own house now was on the edge of the woods. It also explained why she was damned good at her job.
Even from very far away, she could feel Eltiask’s distress. His memories flashed in her eyes. She sighed, wanting to offer comfort. However, she knew that whatever she offered would be turned away with a mean look and cruel words. Decided against going through the feeling of being unwanted again, she wandered deeper into the forest, pulling out her camera in case she came across wildlife.
The life that she had grown to love would be in danger the minute she stepped home. Steve Marks, the social worker in charge of her adoption, had strangely kept in touch with her family and her despite the fact that she was full grown and no longer in need of one. He had a strange influence of her parents’ decisions. He was one of the men who visited her birth mother, as well as one of the men who spoke to Matthew about her. He would know that Matthew has failed, and would be coming after her. Melanie pulled out her journal, jotting down a note to keep an eye out for him.
Melanie climbed up into a tree, resting her back against the trunk, allowing her legs to swing from the branch. She was tired from this ordeal and wanted nothing more but to sleep. Usually when it became too much, she would resort to drinking her way into unconsciousness, but unfortunately she would not be able to have that here. Instead, she forced herself to stay awake. Sleep deprivation had nothing on her terrible nightmares.
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