Chapter 136
- I was running.
- Faster than I ever had in my life — but it wasn’t enough. My feet pounded the ground, bare and stinging, roots grabbing at my ankles as if the forest itself wanted to slow me down. My breath burned in my chest. The air felt thick, like I was choking on it.
- I didn’t dare look back. I could hear them, my brothers. Their voices screaming my name.