Svetlana My heart was in my throat, pounding so heavily that I feared it would explode. I managed to rise, taking light steps back back as I tried to think of a way to escape them. My head was blank, I couldn’t think of anything and running was impossible, there were skilled runners, I was a weak human with a quarter of their strength. I swallowed when a dark figure emerged from the bushes. It was wearing a cloak and standing in front of me, she pushed down the cloak, my eyes widened as I realized it was Astrid. She had a smirk on her face and I went rigid, knowing it would be hard to get out of this situation, she wanted me dead and it was no secret “What’s wrong? Are you scared? You don’t have to be, it’ll be as painless as possible, a human like you deserves a painful death but I

