Chapter 150 Echoes Of Betrayal

• Elena's POV
• As we hurried across the dark, silent woodland, my heart racing, I tightened my coat against the cold of the night. Rising higher, the trees' naked limbs resembled fingers against the black heavens. Every sound of a twig or rustle of leaves makes me tense and causes me to repeatedly glance over my shoulder. Though every impulse shouted at me to press on, I knew Adam's men were somewhere behind us, closing in, and I was tired. That was everyone else as well.
• Samantha stumbled behind me, caught on a limb and fell against a tree. Her eyes heavy, she gasped in hoarse tones. "Elena... I doubt whether I can keep this up."