Jessica Holder

Overgrown

The loudest sound Scarlett had ever heard awoke her from her nightmarish dreams. She bolted upright on her battered cot and wiped the sweat from her brow, the dream already fading quickly. She had slept in - again... Theo was going to kill her. The girl sighed and let her worn blanket fall to the ground as she allowed her bare feet to hit the dirt covered ground.