ZAIYREE Running still made my lungs burn and my legs ache, but I pushed myself to run farther and farther each day. I was naturally fast as a child, and while I still retained the natural talent, the skills had faded with the lack of practice and muscles over the years. It took months and months to build proper muscles and to get certain fighting skills to be ingrained into the muscles. Rhett said it took him years of training for the skills to translate into instinct. I didn’t have years, so if it would take that long to be able to properly fight to protect myself, I wanted to make sure I could at least run. I wanted to be as fast as the wind itself, so if something happened, I could use the flight option to get away from a situation. It wasn’t ideal, but it made me feel just a little b

