“Looks like what drives me crazy
Don't have no effect on you--
But I'm gonna keep on at it
Till it drives you crazy, too.”
― Langston Hughes
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Arabella stopped halfway through when she realized she wasn't alone anymore. There was someone following her, relentlessly, through the dense forest.
She wondered if it was the damn Ifrinn, coming back to finish whatever it had started, but she couldn't smell him.
"If it is you, you stupid asshole beast with d**k as the brain, know that I will win this time too," Arabella snarled as she stalked towards where the smoke was coming from. She looked around, her eyes careful and calculating. She needed to be vigilant. She couldn't be blindsided by whatever was coming.
She heard a deep rumble. Like a truck was starting. The sound sent shiver
