Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 117

Annette POV:

I had woken up just before noon. The sun wasn’t quite high enough for it to be but it was just about there. I couldn’t smell if anyone was nearby but I knew I had to go.

Since I had jumped into the water I didn’t bother saving any food so I had to scrounge. Eventually finding some poor birds to tear apart. I have just had luck with them. They were small so I had to take some bone in some bites but it was food. The first day I had been freezing but that was just because of the water still clinging onto me.

The second day I realized how warm it was. When I gave birth there was snow on the ground. Now it was all melted. It must be April then I hadn’t realized it but spring had come.

I kept walking trying to find some form of civilization if I got to a town or a house I could try and convince them to let me use their phone to call him. I could hear his voice and then.

I almost started crying at the thought of hearing his voice and being able to speak to him. To ask him how everyone was there. I wanted to know so badly I wanted to be there with everything inside of me my whole soul craved for

them.

Still, I didn’t let myself say the words. I didn’t let myself acknowledge the horrible truth of who was waiting for me and all the time I’d clearly missed instead I kept moving looking for a stream or a river of some kind. By the trees and the ocean, I realized I was on the West Coast in the United States too there was still snow up in Canada, I couldn’t tell where on the west coast I was, It was more northern but I didn’t know if I was in California, Washington, or Oregon.

If I knew I was in Washington I’d just try and get as close to the border as possible. I kept walking and walking running and running still changing my path here and there until I heard running water off in the distance.

I froze did I truly hear that, I walked forward something in me said to turn around there was something off about this. I knew I needed to go towards the water but I felt it in my body to step back. I decided to listen to my gut and simply follow the noise instead. Eventually, I came up on a hill and was able to look down and I saw one of them hiding in the trees.

to find water. And I did need water, so instead of trying to hunt me down they went to the nearest water source. I looked around trying to

the trees I wouldn’t have noticed them if they weren’t careless and poked their head out to look for me. I smiled to myself it seemed Marcus’s stupidity leached

wasn’t the best considering I hadn’t had a sip of water in the past 12 hours but I needed to get away. I kept my eyes to the north as I ran trying to see if anyone else was nearby

see anyone and at this point, I was parched. My hand was shaking and I knew it was because I

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Chapter 117

jumped into the water. I tumbled in head first and bobbled down the stream the river flowed a lot faster than it looked and off I went. I kept my head down as long as I could before I swam upwards again quickly jumping up and getting air before- I dunked my

until I needed air again and repeated the cycle again and again. Eventually, the current slowed and I swam over to the river’s edge. I sat for a moment and drank some more water before I got out of the river and took in some deep breaths. I had acted on instinct and I hadn’t planned on jumping in the river

I fashioned a damn of sorts from some down branches knotting them together to make it hard for a fish to swim through. I placed it in the water and waited for a fish to come along. Eventually, a

I miss you

head I dropped the fish and it flopped about. My heart in my head

Grasyon

I still felt the large void greeting my

down and focused.

Grayson!

him. In fact, I had seldom had to try, here I was trying with all my might and I could feel him. I tried again and still

and kept walking throughout the night staring up at our moon and calling to him as I

stumbled.

Grayson, I’m here

to no avail he was still too far away. I had done something been in some state for him to get through