Erin’s POV
He lunges so fast from the water, I barely have time to turn my body. As his hands connect with my shoulders, his motion propels me backwards. It’s during my fall that I see the first signs of sun rise.
I haven’t come this far, or lasted this long only to fall at the last hurdle. “THE SUN IS U..P!” I scream, the word up broken as I hit the ground and the air whooshes from my lungs.
“Tell somebody who cares. Smart move with confusing the scent tracking. I’m going….” His voice fades out as I come to the realisation, there’s nobody here to see that I survived until sunrise. He has no intention of letting me be the rightful victor.
It’s as though my body has already formulated its plan, before my mind even realises what it’s doing. I watch like a passenger in my own body. As his
