The Wolf of The Woods

Chapter Twenty Six: A fight and a flight

A/N: Art by yours truly because I felt like drawing something :3
Also I'm kinda sad because this fic is gonna be coming to an end soon (not just yet mind you, you're in for a hell of a ride still). But yeah, if you guys have any suggestions of things you would like to be in this story before it ends then feel free to tell me!
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Louise was still stood in the forest bound to the tree.

Jack and Harvey were standing either side of her, both wearing gormless expressions and looking like they weren't capable of doing anything other than staying put.

Luckily (for them at least) Seamus had left them orders to do exactly that.

He had just finished talking to Phil about how idiotic he was, when he'd turned around.

'Now then, Dan shall we...'
His face had turned a dark shade of red.

'Who's an idiot now?' Phil had mumbled under his breath while smiling to himself as he realised his plan had worked.

'Why that little... I'm going to...'
He'd turned round in a sharp manoeuvre and addressed Jack and Harvey.

'Boys! Stay here and keep an eye on the girl, Lester come with me!'

Louise hadn't seen what had happened after that. She'd longed to run after the two, wished she could do something to stop her two best friends from getting hurt. But she couldn't, she'd only been able to cry out to them aimlessly.

Crying would do nothing however. If only she knew where the boys were now...

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Dan gasped. He wanted to shout, to yell for Phil and tell him everything was going to be okay. He couldn't, of course, all he could do was glare at Seamus from the other side of the gorge.

'See Dan? See where all this foolishness gets you?' Seamus laughed, his voice echoing obnoxiously loud even from where Dan was standing.

'You thought you could run but I caught up with you, you thought you could hide but I found you, your hopeless little boyfriend thought he could protect you and look where it got him...'

Seamus grinned and Dan let out a low growl.

'So what'll it be now? Are you going to watch him as he falls to his death...'

If Dan were closer, he probably would've seen the glint Seamus had in his eye.

'Or are you going to save him?'

'And how's he going to do that exactly?!' Phil questioned, writhing and struggling against Seamus's grasp while simultaneously trying not to fall.

And then Seamus spoke again, in a voice so chillingly quiet that Dan almost didn't hear.

'Jump Dan' he whispered 'jump and save your boyfriend'

Dan looked down, blanking out the cries that Phil let out after that. below him, without the daylight aiding him, he could just about see a river down below.

He could hear it too. Water was gushing rapidly down it and the chances of survival if you fell down from such a height looked slim.

Taking a deep breath, Dan closed his eyes.

He zoned out. Blocked out everything. The sound of yelling from the other side of the gorge, the rustling of the trees, and the rushing of the river that he very much hoped he wasn't about to plunge into.