Until Dawn: The Light in the Darkness
Chapter 7 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Chapter 7
JESS POV
The cold bit into me, but I didn't care, I was just, lost. The tears spilled, unbidden, from my eyes, but I didn't bother to wipe them away. Despite the fact my face felt colder due to the tears that had already spilled down it.
'How could this have happened; how could, how could he…?' I thought in dismay, an involuntary sob escaping my throat as more tears fell. 'How could Mike do this to me...I, did I…? No, it wasn't me, it couldn't have been. Could it?'
Dismayed I didn't bother stopping, I just ran, as if, by running, I could escape Mike's betrayal. The snow making my journey more difficult, especially as it became deeper, and thicker, the wind blew harshly and I stumbled, but picked myself up and kept going.
I let out a shaky breath as I tried to calm myself. 'I don't understand this at all, I...urgh, they, he...'
My mind kept racing however; I just couldn't focus. My thoughts were a whirl of confusion and anger, and above all, utter dismay. I finally stopped, unable to move any further, breathless. I leaned heavily on a nearby fence, trying to catch my breath. I couldn't see through tears; my vision clouded.
I almost wanted to scream my frustration and pain, but it just wouldn't come. No matter how much I tried to dissuade myself of the thoughts, they kept coming back, I kept wondering if, at least in some small way, I was partly to blame for what happened.
Had there been something I had done which led to Mike going back to Emily, behind my back even.
Recovering enough to start moving again, I did so, still wanting to get away. My confusion just grew, as my anger did.
'I just, where do I even start...where do I direct my anger...' I thought in utter frustration. 'Mike and Emily are both, but who started it and, and...'
Not only that, I still couldn't figure out where to even begin pointing fingers. I just couldn't pin the blame on one person. Even harder, I now had to face reality, I had lost the man I loved and that hurt more than anything I'd ever experienced before. More tears came and I sank to my knees and this time, I really did scream, frustrated and beyond rationality now.
My thoughts raced. 'Why can't this just be easy, why can't I? I should be angry with them both, hate them both...but I just, can't. Urgh, what is wrong with me?'
I just couldn't understand why I wasn't utterly seething. I guess the pain was still too raw, I was more hurt than furious. But in that case, there was nothing I could do about it, and that was something I so utterly hated, it made me feel helpless, something that I despised.
I continued to run as much as the snow would allow, yet more to try and escape, but then, a nagging thought, was running away like this solving anything. I was just fleeing my problems this way. But I found I just didn't care, I just wanted to get away.
I continued to hurry, wallowing in misery; I couldn't deny I was well and truly lost now. I was sure I'd never, ever, been at this part of the mountain before. But again, I was past caring.
Sniffling I reached what looked like a small hill; dimly aware that I had somehow strayed from the path. That thought occurred to me, mere moments before the snowy hill suddenly caved under me and I stumbled, tumbling down the hill until I landed in a snow bank
"Urgh..." I whimpered; as the cold immediately began to seep into my body.
The wetness invaded my clothes and I struggled to rise; but suddenly the strength left my body.
'What's wrong with me, I can't...move…?'
My last efforts that I recall, were my attempts to stand again, but then, I slipped into blackness.
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