Delicious by AJ Merlin

Author:AJ Merlin [Merlin, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fifteen

Ihate how easy it is to lose myself in my wandering thoughts. I hate how good I am at losing hours and hours of my day when I need more than anything to stay in the present so I can figure out what in the world I’m going to do.

But more than anything, I hate how lost I am right now. Physically and mentally, I have no idea where I am or what I’m doing. Mostly it’s the physical part of being lost that’s making me jumpy right now, as the sun has already set and the air is chillier than I’d thought possible for April in Ohio.

Obviously I should’ve realized that with my luck, I’d be out here when temperatures plummet without the jacket Jed had offered me.

“Fuck,” I sigh, burying my face in my hands. Since I don’t have my phone, I have no light, and my heart pounds in my chest every time I hear something in the woods around me. I have no idea where in the world I am, or how badly I’ve gotten myself turned around. I can’t see the cabin, or a path, or anything else through the trees.

And I’m too afraid to scream or call out for Jed. I worry there’s something else in the woods, like a bear just waiting to eat me, as dumb as that might sound.

“You have to get up, Saylor,” I mutter, my fingers clenching into my borrowed sweatpants. At least I’m not out here in just shorts and a t-shirt, but his shirt is too thin to really provide even half the warmth the sweatpants do. “You have to find your way back. Or somewhere, at least.” Somewhere that isn’t the middle of the woods, in the dark, where animals with long, sharp teeth roam around.

I force myself to get to my feet, my legs half-asleep from the cold and how long I’ve been sitting. I’ve really fucked up this time, but I do a quick spin on the off chance that since now it’s fully dark, I’ll be able to see something other than…well, nothing.

Nothing except the dark, and the few trees closest to me.

My heart hammers in my chest, but I take a few deep breaths to try to make things better. Or at least to make my brain stop running through all the worst-case scenarios that could happen while I’m out here.

“You won’t freeze to death,” I murmur, setting off in a random direction that feels somewhat okay. It’s better than sitting at least. While I walk, I rub my arms, trying to warm up. “You will not freeze to death. You may be miserable. You may catch the fucking consumption out here from the cold. But you will not freeze to death, Saylor.” The sound of my voice does a good bit to calm me down, and my strides lengthen as I keep going.

“You also won’t get eaten,” I add, when I hear a far off howl. “Animals are more afraid of you than you are of them.

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