in the forest

Running is all I've been doing, my body covered in that sticky liquid<br /> I can't stop now<br /> I can't stop after I've come this far.

"Stop, you can't escape!"<br /> One of them shouted behind me.

again

Among the trees I could see something shining in the distance, which I thought was a small speck of water.

I ran faster until I got to that lake-like spot, got on my knees, panting from exhaustion, and started drinking water with my hands quickly so I could continue.

I turned around in fear to check if they caught me or not

I found them standing a few meters away from me and not moving.

What happened to them?

Why didn't they come to catch me?

I was puzzled to say,<br /> " No, I will not do it ! ".<br /> I said categorically and angry expressions.

"Miss, it's for your own good. You can't stay like this in the sight of other creatures. This will put you in danger. You must go back. If someone finds out who you are, you will be killed mercilessly."

I knocked for a while before replying again<br /> "I won't, why don't you force me!"<br /> I smiled to the side, a tone of stubbornness in my voice.

Now something I don't like will happen

The two of them looked at each other a little before one of them came forward and I got ready to run again for my life.

But I froze when I saw him fall to the ground, and the sound of his anguished cries filled the place.<br /> My eyes widened in a frightful way, watching the changes in his body as if it were spontaneously burning, and it was only moments before it turned to ashes.

My jaw dropped in horror, I can't comprehend what just happened, my eyes can hardly believe and my mind is not working as hopefully.

The other one just walked away in fear and left me alone

I spent a couple of minutes trying to rectify the situation before I got up cautiously from where I was and got a little closer to where the guard was standing before.

His corpse has turned into wind-blown dust

My eyes moved around him to find that next to him were many dry branches that were neatly stacked, as if someone had placed them in this way.

I felt a strange setting in me, getting closer to the edge of the twigs and cautiously I extended my hand after it

But nothing!

Turning my eyeballs, I follow that row of twigs to find that it extends uniformly into the woods.

"It looks like a border"

This made me guess that whoever placed it was the protective boundary of the area, that was strange..

And somehow I managed to get past it without damage, and that was the strangest thing!

I don't think I've ever been here without being caught.

I shook my head, sluggish my defensive muscles, and ignored my surroundings for a few minutes to head back to the lake again.

I pulled the cover off my head.

Look at my reflection in the water with contempt

My long black robe looked filthy because of the stiff blood that covered it and my clothes underneath as well. The features of my face were almost invisible because of so much blood clots and dust on it.

Was that the first time you had met me in centuries?

A faint smile crossed my frozen lips, waving my fangs out, I don't remember what I looked like.<br /> This is not the same in my memory.

Quietly I took off my clothes and slowly went down to the cold water

A few moans leaked from my lips because the cold streams of water were stinging my wounds

May it cleanse my soul.

"Wow, I look like a monster"

With my hands I wiped lightly over my emaciated body, passing it softly over the deep wounds there, removing the dry remnants of the skin and the clotted blood from over it, washing my face several times, and the clean water permeating between my long locks.

It took me minutes to get my body partly clean.

At least I looked like something... even more alive than me

I got up to pick up my dirty clothes and looked at her.

I kicked him away from me and the robe wrapped around my bare body, I had to, so I couldn't stay like that.

I filled my lungs with air and took my feet to wander around without a destination and without a goal

I go where my soul desires

Nothing was the sum total of my feelings and thoughts

Everything was quiet and somewhat empty before I felt a breath sharing the emptiness with me.

My senses focused on her as she started panting madly and caught the sound of her enemy's voice in my direction.