I ran. Tears streaming down my face, breath catching, bushes tearing at my skin. My heart was ramming against my ribcage, my mind like a tsunami with thoughts slamming into me. Desperately, I shook them away with my tears. I didn’t want to think of what I did. When I closed my eyes, I saw visions of what I did and heard echoed screams. When I opened them, I saw the endless woods, reverberating with howls and eerie patters of snow-frosted footsteps, getting closer and closer by the second. I stopped. Panting, sweat dripping, my lungs on fire and my legs stiff and as cold and hard as ice. I felt faint, almost buckling to the floor,my head spinning with terrible thoughts. Behind the tall, looming oaks, a pair of eyes stared back at me. It’s steely gaze did not match my terrified, tear-stricken expression, even after me believing that it must have been a reflection of me. But it wasn’t, of course. The first wolf stalked out of the trees, large and intimidating, teeth pulled back, snow cascading from its silver coat. I was shell shocked with horror, mouth silently moving. Trembling all over, I screamed as I scrambled back, before falling over and curling into a pathetic bundle. What was I to do, other than accept my inevitable death? By what I had done, I was sure I deserved it. I closed my eyes and began to sob. After what seemed like an eternity, I opened one eye. Surely I was dead now. But I was still in the woods, with the wolf, with the terrrible memory, with the guilt. But the wolf began to shrink back into the leaves, it’s eyes never leaving what was above me. Confused, I looked up. In a moonlit hollow, there was a hoarse breathing and a rustling. Another wolf? But it proved to be much worse. Much, much worse. “HELOISE KEIR," a voice in the wind whispered, harsh and rough. "THE GODS KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOU HAVE BEEN PROCLAIMED UNFORGIVEN." What did that mean? What would happen? What gods? The air around me became even colder than before, and the wind swept around my feet. Another echoed scream, just like before. Only it was mine.