Chapter 31: Guilt and Mud
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Dakota walked through the woods. All night he'd slept there and he hurt in places he did not even know he could. The rain had not started until about noon, so it would have been nice. However, David seemed to be trying to find him telepathically. Dakota knew he meant, well but he did not want to be found, by anyone. As the rain grew increasingly hard he began to shiver. Dakota could not think, he could not breathe. His feet sunk into the mud and grass and rain soaked through his clothes, he had no idea where his feet had started to take him, but he could not stop. All he could think to do was walk. Walk. Get away. Don't let what happened to Julia and your parents happen to the rest of your friends. Suddenly, his foot caught a tree root and he fell to his face. A cold shock pain filled his nose and he really thought that he saw stars. For a moment Dakota simply laid in the mud. But then, with a grunt and a groan, he pulled himself up. He wiped his nose and spit out blood, then, continued on. As bad as he felt, he refused to let the Counsel win, they were the one's who had her killed, they would pay by not getting him. Dakota walked faster, he knew that somewhere up ahead his spot lay hidden. The spot by the creek. He could rest there, rest and clean the stinking mud from his clothes. Thank goodness, he thought. It's just up ahead.
