AVELORA
I shoved my way past the crowded bleachers, barely acknowledging the students who called out my name. Their voices was like a low hum that my brain couldn't process.
My heartbeat was an erratic rhythms against my ribs while my breath came in shallow, brokengasps. I practically threw myself into the thick bush at the edge of the grounds, aggressively hacking and parting the shrubs as I forced my way through.
"Damn it," I groaned in frustration when a stray, stiff branch whipped sharply across my cheek.
Every time my pulse spiked, a wave of disorientation hit me. It felt like I had stepped into the wrong part of the woods entirely. The surroundings felt alien and unnerving yet deeply unfamiliar, which made no sense, considering I had spent more time in these woods than I had act
