-Grace-
I ran and ran, feeling my heart race faster and faster, demanding I stop soon or risk it exploding inside me. But I couldn’t stop. If I did, I would die. I would be sacrificed again, all because I was the link to peace. If I died, that peace would die with me. So, I kept running, not knowing where I was going, but I didn’t care as long as I got away from them.
Just as I was about to turn left, hoping to outsmart my pursuers, I was grabbed from behind, and we both lost our balance. We tumbled down a long, steep hill. I screamed and groaned, and just as I thought I would never stop rolling, the hill finally leveled out.
I quickly sat up, despite the intense pain coursing through my body, as if fire were running beneath my skin. Maybe I had broken something? Fortunately, adrenaline
