Adrenaline.
An instinctual drive bent on fear and survival. As much as it could sharpen one's judgements, it could equally cloud it. It could either force the body past its limits, or pull it back from the edge.
If the moment was right, adrenaline could make a man wrestle and beast, a mother lift a car, or a child pull the impossible.
As Kyle and Violet watched from a few feet away, they could only conclude the hormone was at work in Levi's body at the moment.
The sudden blur of movements and the narrow twist of Levi’s body, the steel just barely missing its mark—they could only assumed it was adrenaline-fueled desperation. A last-second miracle sparked by the threat of death.
But Levi knew it wasn’t that.
What surged through him wasn’t panic or frantic instinct. It was different. A
