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Chapitre 6: Lost in the mountains (1)

Just as Alicia assumed earlier, after about two hours, the two women were already asleep. Madam Grace slept on a tiny bed at the other end of the room while Paulina slept on a mat beside her bed.

She slowly sat up, careful not to make a single sound. She had to escape even if she didn't know where she was going. She just had to find the village and look for the river. 

Once her feet touched the ground, she looked around the tiny room carefully. The lantern was very dim, but it helped her see everywhere. She saw a spare unlit lantern on top of a shelf and sighed in relief. She would have felt guilty taking the only lantern they had. Her only hope now was for it to contain kerosene or whatever people of this era used for their lanterns. Like a thief, she walked stealthily on her toes and reached for it, smiling brightly when it felt heavy. 

The question plaguing her mind now was: How was she going to light it? 

'They don't, by chance, still use stones, right?' She wondered in worry. As her eyes went around the room, she saw a very large broom made with sticks. She didn't waste time before breaking a piece from it. Just like she had done when she was still living in the slums, she used the stick to get fire from the burning lantern before using it to light up the second one. 

Finally,  she was done. And thankfully, the two women were still fast asleep. Madam Grace occasionally turned in her sleep, frightening Alicia. 

It took several long minutes before Alicia left the house while holding the lantern by the tiny iron handle. 

The breeze washed over her immediately she stepped out, but she ignored it. It was now or never. 

She ran. 

Her dress almost made her trip a couple of times and she swore loudly before gathering the hem in one hand, the other hand tightly holding the lantern as she ran for her dear life. 

"Please Lord, forgive me my sins and take me back home. I don't want to stay here. I don't belong here." She prayed as she continued running, not bothering to catch her breath. After running for what felt like thirty minutes, she realized she still could not find any buildings. It looked like she was deep in the mountains. The only sounds she could hear were trees rustling, leaves falling, and some animal sounds. Sounds she had never heard before in her life. 

"Where am I?" She asked, beginning to panic as she stood. She was panting so fast and hard as she continued to turn and look around her. She didn't know where she was. 

Hadn't Paulina pointed in this direction when she was talking about the village? Why couldn't she find the village?

Before any other thought could register, she heard an animal growl which caused her eyes to widen in fear.

That was an animal? A wild animal?

Although it sounded like the animal was far from her, she began to move back, taking careful steps so that she wouldn't step on anything. She could literally hear how rapidly her heart was pounding. 

Her already fast heart rate spiked when she began to hear things that sounded like distant voices and could see the faint glow of fire torches afar. 

She was thrown into a dilemma as she began to wonder whether or not to show herself to the people. Maybe they would help her? Lead her to the village? On the other hand, what if they were bad people? 

She guessed the latter was the answer when she heard a slash sound and somebody's scream. 

She gasped loudly and turned to run away. As she began to run in the opposite direction, she wondered whether it was best to leave the lantern on or off. If she leaves it on, they may find her. If it was off, she would not see where she was going to and would probably bump into a wild animal or fall into a ditch. 

Unfortunately, she was too lost in her thoughts and didn't take note of where she was stepping on. The next thing she knew, she tumbled and was rolling on the grass. Her first instinct was to scream as any normal person would have screamed, but she quickly reminded herself that her life was at stake. There was no point in screaming when it was not going to do anything for her but instead, cause her more trouble. Besides, at this point, nothing was normal. 

When she finally got to the bottom and stopped rolling, she winced in pain. Her body felt as if she had been seriously beaten. She could feel pain everywhere. 

"What luck I have!" Her voice was broken and it was only now that she realised that tears were escaping her eyes. 

Thankfully, she found her lantern nearby and crawled to get it because walking seemed almost impossible right now. She wasn't sure she would be able to use her feet or entire body. Poor Princess. She was going to leave her with a battered body. 

"Oh no! Don't do this please!" She cried when she realized that the kerosene from the lantern had poured away into the dried leaves on the floor. Even though she was glad it hadn't started a fire, how was she going to get through the night without the ligh—"

"Ahhh!" She gasped when she heard another growl. This time, it was behind her. Behind her! 

She didn't wait to turn. Surprisingly, her legs worked and she realised she was running but there was nowhere to run to except she was going to climb back where she had fallen from. 

Slowly.

Ever so slowly.

She turned around.

The first thing she saw was the deep blue eyes of a huge animal looking at her. The animal's height got to her chest region. 

Her eyes widened in fear. She had never seen any animal this huge. 

"Oh my God!" She gasped in fear and stumbled backwards. 


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Chapitre 7: Lost in the mountains (2)

What kind of animal was this? A fox? A wolf? She wondered as she looked back at the animal that looked like a dog but quite larger and had completely black fur with a little white at the tip of both ears.

 'This isn't the time to be trying to guess what animal it is, Alicia.' She quickly whispered to herself. The specie of the animal wouldn't be of any importance to her if it succeeded in devouring her. It would simply be said that a wild animal had devoured her. Yes. That was what would be said. It would be called a wild animal. There was no way she would allow this wild animal to devour her. 

Her eyes quickly darted around her as she searched for something she could use to defend and protect herself from the wild animal. As if sensing what she was thinking, the animal growled a warning and took a step forward... Not a step, it actually limped. 

That was when she noticed that the animal was injured. Her eyes moved to the animal's forelegs, and she noticed an open wound that was bleeding profusely. 

She could definitely outrun an injured wild animal, right? What was she going to do? Why hadn't she taken her time to watch Natgeo wild? At least if she had done that back then, she would have had a basic knowledge of what kind of animal this was, and she would probably have known how to approach it. Without moving her head, her eyes surveyed her environment. She knew she was at a disadvantage because the animal was likely more familiar with the mountainous terrain than she was. 

The animal growled once again and took another step forward, making her raise her lantern defensively like a shield, "Don't you dare take another step forward, okay? I can be very crazy, and trust me, you really don't want to see me mad." She warned with false boldness, even though she was very scared and her body was shaking. 

On hearing her threat, the animal advanced towards her now, as though wanting to know what she could do. 

Alicia took another step backwards while holding out the lantern defensively. "I'm really warning you, don't come forward." She warned, kicking the ground in front of her, sending tiny rocks flying in the direction of the animal.

"I don't want to hurt you, but I won't hesitate to hurt you if you so much as think of coming close to me. I am Alicia Queen, and I won't allow myself or whoever this body belongs to, be devoured by a fucking wild animal, you hear me? I have a mission to accomplish, so if you know what is good for you, turn the fuck around and leave." Alicia hissed, jerking her head in the direction the animal had come from. 

The animal tilted its head to the side as if confused about what she was saying. She was about to sigh in relief, but the animal took that moment to pounce on her, and Alicia let out a frightened wail as she hit the ground with the heavy animal on top of her and the lantern flying from her hand. 

What sort of a cursed life was this? She had attempted suicide and then changed her mind at the last minute, yet she had fallen only to come to this goddamn place to be eaten by a wild animal? What sort of cruel joke was the universe playing on her? Or was this what really happened to people who attempted suicide? Were they usually given a death worse than what they had wanted?

Deciding that her fate would be different, she fought back with all her might. Pushing, and punching and pinching. She kicked when she could, panting hard as she tried to fight for her dear life. 

"If you think I'm going to let you take a bite, then you thought wrong, bitch. I am Alicia Queen and I'm a fucking survivor!" Alicia yelled breathlessly when she remembered that she had seen a wound on the animal's leg. She reached for it with one hand and pressed on the injury before biting the animal on the other leg.

The animal made some sort of whimpering sound and scratched her arm with its sharp nails as it rolled off her. It tried to get up but staggered back on its feet, making Alicia look at it with a concerned frown even though she was still frightened. The whimpering sound reminded her of her dog, Ruby. 

She quickly rolled to her feet but kept her wary eyes on the animal. She didn't bother to glance at her arm, which was stinging, to see the extent of the injury on it. Not when the animal was watching her intensely.

She noticed that the animal looked exhausted and weak as it watched her. The animal let out a soft sigh as it lay on the ground weakly but didn't take its eyes off her, as though scared that she may try something funny. 

It was only now that Alicia realized that while the animal was on top of her earlier, he hadn't tried to attack or bite her. He had only been sniffing her. 

She thought about running away, but she was scared. She didn't know where to run to and her lantern was dying out. Besides, those people were still at the top of the mountain. What if they killed her?

"Do you... need h-elp?" She asked in a crooked voice as she tried to catch her breath. She reasoned that if the animal had really wanted to kill her, it would probably have done so already.

"If you... need my help... sit on your... haunches." Alicia stuttered as though she suspected it could understand her.

After looking at her suspiciously for a moment, the animal sat on its haunches, surprising Alicia. 

 


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