The Woods Don't Forget

Eric warned her she'd never get away. He was wrong. After years of walking on eggshells, Mara is making a desperate run for her life, tearing through the unforgiving woods to escape her abusive husband. Every shadow is a threat, and the sound of his boots is a death knell. Her only refuge is an abandoned cabin-a horror movie cliché-but running into it is safer than facing her husband unarmed. Now, Mara is caught between the monster she married and a mysterious stranger who just handed her an axe.
To survive, she must finally stop running and make the one choice she's always avoided: predator or prey. A dark and twisted short story about survival, revenge, and the monstrous choices made in the deepest shadows of the woods.