The dark mists clung heavy to the foggy forest. Even though it was the early morning, it felt

dark

somehow. Ellie checked her water bottles, almost nervously, and glanced at her phone. She didn’t really worry that she’d lose her signal. The Wash--the local name for the swamps that lay at the tri-county area--wasn’t terribly distant from civilization. But everyone always said it was easy to get lost, and old wiv