Chapter 20.

Nightfall finally befell us, the final moments of the sun's hopefulness disappeared from sight and we finally had to succumb to the fact that today was yet another day gone, another day we used up another grand portion of the already little food in our possession. Another day we survived.

We found a spot hidden from any wildlife beneath a hoard of trees and settled down for the night using our backpacks as pillows and each other’s bodies as our main source of heat.

I snuggled tight into Colby’s chest as he put his arm around my shoulders in a protective embrace.

All the food we ate today consisted of only a cereal bar each and a shared packet of crisps between the two of us. It was safe to say we were starving and the fact that we now had even less to eat tomorrow than we did today made me panic, how much longer could we actually do this before things really got dangerous?

2 days more, 3?