INSIDE MONSTER. THE FUGITIVE.

CHAPTER 15: FREEDOM

„Run! Now! Try not to stay behind!" Ha Rin kept yelling at SolHi, seeing that she didn't keep up with her. The two of them were trying to climb a pretty steep slope at that moment, somewhere in the middle of the forest.

Although she clearly heard her cellmate's urges, SolHi struggled to keep up with Ha Rin. She was barely breathing, feeling the harsh pain in the right side of her belly more intense than ever. Even so, she tried hard not to show that the pain was taking it out of her. Only her livid lips and her pale sunken eyes were the perfect proof that SolHi was at her wits'end. This wasn't at all an exaggeration because, soon after this, the inevitable happened, and SolHi fell to her knees at first. Then, lying on the cold wet ground, she curled up and, touching her belly with both palms, she gnashed her teeth. She wanted to scream like a wolf at the moon at that moment, feeling the pain cutting her inside. However, SolHi didn't do that because she understood very well that any noise, no matter how low it wouldn't have been, would have betrayed the place where they were.

Not feeling SolHi behind her, Ha Rin looked behind. Seeing SolHi lying on the ground, she cursed and descended the slope as fast as she climbed it. Then, kneeling next to SolHi, she demanded, „Let me see!"

SolHi stood against Ha Rin's idea of laying her on her back. „Not necessary," she eventually said. „I'm fine. I just need a few moments to catch up with my breath. So, don't worry and leave!"

„Have you lost your mind?" Ha Rin hissed through her teeth. „To leave you behind? Never, did you hear me?! Why? Because... you are my ticket to freedom! So, don't ever think about dying! If this happens, I swear I'll look for you in the underworld just to make you pay for this because... you can't die, Ian SolHi! Not until I reach my goals!" Then, not paying attention to SolHi, who tried to stand against the idea of Ha Rin checking her wound, she laid her on her back and pushed her hands away.

Before lifting her shirt, Ha Rin sighed because she saw the cloth soaked in blood in the area of the belly. Thus, the blue shirt of the prisoner seemed so sloppy and dirty at that moment. Not this bothered Ha Rin but the fact that the wound opened again and bled worse than it should have been bleeding. Something that made Ha Rin curse through her teeth again, more when she saw the thick blood gushing out the wound and from under the thick bandage seen on SolHi's belly. „Something that shouldn't have happened," Ha Rin growled after that. „The wound shouldn't have been open now. At least not that fast."

SolHi gasped when Ha Rin pressed over the wound. Then, she whispered, „Actually, it hasn't ever been closed. Your friend didn't do anything for this to happen. She just... put the bandage on."

Ha Rin squinted at SolHi. She did that, not because she didn't believe her but because she finally understood that Kuk Mi Hi betrayed her. This made her swear that the moment she'd see that bitch again, she'd crack her head. Yes, Ha Rin intended to make the doctor pay for her betrayal because she clearly told Mi Hi to sew that wound. Yet, Mi Hi did what she wanted. Thus, she let Ha Rin understand that she hadn't ever been by her side, but she had only been afraid of the one that demanded both of them get rid of Ian SolHi as of the devil.

Even if she understood this, Ha Rin said nothing about this because she didn't have time to bother with something like that. At the same time, she knew that it wasn't time to tell SolHi about her plans. She only frowned and squinted at SolHi when she told her, „It's time to leave, Ha Rin! We are free now. So, each of us is on our own. Leave as long as you still have time to do that. I'll... stay here!"

„You definitely lost your mind," Ha Rin growled. „To leave you here? Do you at least know where we are?"

„Mmm. In the middle of the forest. A damn dark one, cold and wet. The Heaven of Monsters, Ghosts, and Wild Animals."