Trespass 🆕

She ducked under the wire.

Now, at 5 a.m., Lena stood at the fence. Her father’s shotgun was heavy in her hands, but she hadn't loaded it. That wasn't the trespass she was planning. trespass

The fence wasn't high, just a rusty whisper of wire and splintered post. On the other side, the forest grew thick and dark, a lung of green that had belonged to the Morrow family for a hundred years. A sign, pocked with birdshot, read: TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT. SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN. She ducked under the wire

Wrong , the forest seemed to say. You are wrong here. She ducked under the wire. Now