The Valley (2015)
“He startled, his face jerking up from the soil.
He pushed stiffly to his elbows and looked all about him, frantic. It was still dark. The cold soil had him shivering.
He pushed the light on his watch. He couldn’t remember what time he’d entered the field. Five hours ago?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Had he heard something?
Get out.
Adrenaline coursing generously through him now, he pushed off the ground, abandoning thought, and ran. Stems bent and crashed away before him as he stom...ped through. The mountains rose to his left and to his right.
Moving target.
After not more than a few seconds his feet struck bare, open ground. He almost stumbled at the sudden lack of anything in his way.
He’d been a hundred feet from the end of the field.
He slowed, going to a squat like a runner on the starting blocks.MoreLess
He pushed stiffly to his elbows and looked all about him, frantic. It was still dark. The cold soil had him shivering.
He pushed the light on his watch. He couldn’t remember what time he’d entered the field. Five hours ago?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Had he heard something?
Get out.
Adrenaline coursing generously through him now, he pushed off the ground, abandoning thought, and ran. Stems bent and crashed away before him as he stom...ped through. The mountains rose to his left and to his right.
Moving target.
After not more than a few seconds his feet struck bare, open ground. He almost stumbled at the sudden lack of anything in his way.
He’d been a hundred feet from the end of the field.
He slowed, going to a squat like a runner on the starting blocks.MoreLess
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