The Side He Chooses
Jace didn’t come back to practice. That was the first thing that felt wrong. The second was how everyone already knew something had happened before anyone officially said it. Coach Daniels didn’t explain anything. He just kept us running drills like nothing in the world had shifted. But everything had. I felt it in every step. Every exchange. Every breath. By the time practice ended, my body was tired in a way that had nothing to do with running. Kiara was waiting for me near the exit. Her expression told me everything before she even spoke. “That wasn’t normal,” she said. “No,” I agreed quietly. We started walking. The sky outside had turned orange, bleeding into evening. Beautiful. Wrong timing. My phone stayed silent the entire walk home. That scared me more than the
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