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“Aisha, we’re done,” Destiny said, pacing back and forth in an alley.
We were several blocks away from the station, away from Rodgers’s piercing gaze.
The fact that we were hiding in an alley didn't help our criminal profiles.
But we had nowhere else to go, and this shaded place was the only place to decompress.
“We’re done,” she said, putting her hands on her head. “And it’s my fault.”
“We’re fine,” I said.
“No, we’re f****d!” Destiny said. “I need to fly. I need to release some steam.”
She transformed into a falcon, but I grabbed her legs, pulling her down. She flapped against me furiously, but I took her under my arms.
“Stop it!” I said. “You can't fly away every time bad things happen!”
Destiny pushed me away and landed on the ground, staring at me with her golden falcon e
