WIP Wednesday: Cold, Wet, Tired

My MC, that is. I'm about a week out from the end of the first draft of Loathsome at my current writing rate. At 56K, I've been able to ad 8K words in the last week. Huzzah! I'd love to knock this baby out, let it sit for the rest of September, and beef it up during October. October is a good month for adding a few thousand words to a horror project, right?

A tense minute passed. The woods filled with dark forms. I pressed against the tree as if I could become one with the bark, melt, and d