Kira’s POV
I stood there, staring at that stupid fence like it was mocking me.
God, I need to start working out more!
Twenty steps?
That’s all I’d managed before my lungs gave up and my legs turned to jelly. My chest heaved, sweat already sticking to my back. I’m human after all. Fully, pathetically human. No super stamina, no endless energy like the others.
Just me, Kira…or Arabella, whatever…gasping like I’d run a marathon when it was barely a sprint.
But I wasn’t turning back.
I straightened up, wiped my forehead with the back of my hand like a warrior putting mud on her forehead to go into battle, and started walking. Fast. Determined. The trees closed in quickly…the normal forest edge giving way to thicker brush, darker shadows.
The air started feeling cooler, heavier, like
