I was walking so fast now, that too on an unfamiliar path, and was not paying attention, so when I tripped over a large tree root and went flying into the air, I shouldn't have been so bothered. But when I landed in a shallow pit, hitting my ankle against a rock, I knew it was over. I was stuck.
"Fuck."
I looked back toward the house, but I'd wandered too deep into the woods to see any more than the fanciful chimney tops. I pressed my hands against the soft soil and tried to haul myself up. I held onto the pit's side and tried to claw my way up and out, but my ankle was starting to hum and swell painfully.
Panic lodged itself in my throat. "Hello? Can anyone hear me?" I screamed, getting nothing but silence in return.
Oh no.
