Abby

My heart’s practically pounding out of my chest as we park the car, hidden behind a veil of trees. The

forest feels even more thick and suffocating now than it did on the day that we came here to go mushroom

hunting, now that I know what actually lies behind the mist.

Karl takes a moment to study the map I had s atched from him last night, his fingers tracing the uneven,

ink-smeared lines.

“Ready?” he asks, his eyes meeting mine.

“As I’ll ever be,” I reply, grabbing my bag from the backseat. Karl locks the car, and we head off, stepping

into the dense foliage, guided only by the soft morning light filtering through the trees.

Enter title…

For a few minutes, we walk in complete silence. The stillness is comforting in its own eerie way, but I’m

too focused on our mission to let my mind wander too far.

tracks. “We have to be extra careful from here

you

every single sound around us, every

turn back. But I can’t; not now. Not ever. I

with Karl’s.

to do this. Let’s

after shooting me one last worried look, moves with

care not to

hisses, gesturing with his chin. I glance in that

camouflaged against the greenery.

he whispers, taking the lead as

seep into

the silence. I hold my breath as we cross the

breath

ten steps when Karl abruptly halts. I nearly crash

points. My eyes follow the line of his arm and

the area. And

I mutter under

now,” Karl whispers, his eyes scanning the woods, calculating. “There’s

right. We can

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