INDY
The forest swallowed me whole the moment I crossed beyond the last boundary marker of the palace lands.
Algard, being the capital of Algard—creative, I know—was the biggest in landmass and most developed out of all the cities. Going through the city was a journey all alone.
Now, it felt like I was running through the same scenery for hours.
Bellarium.
I knew where I was going even though I had never set foot there in this life. My body remembered directions the way migratory birds remembered seasons. North by the slope of the hills. West by the way the river bent like a broken wrist. Three days if I kept running. Two if I pushed beyond exhaustion.
I pushed myself to my limits.
The burn in my lungs was good. The ache in my muscles was better. It gave my mind something else t
