[Violet]
I sprinted until my lungs ached and my vision blurred with tears. I needed to get to the road. I needed to get home as soon as possible and make sure everyone was safe. If not—it would be all my fault.
Alarich was our enemy. Fenrick was... I didn't even know what he was. And Celeste. Milo. Ryder. They had to be safe.
By the time I stumbled out onto the main road, my legs were trembling and my injuries from the tunnel were finally beginning to heal. I raised my thumb high as a cab whizzed by.
Then another.
And another.
"Please," I muttered under my breath as if my voice could somehow reach them. "Please, someone stop—"
I looked down and realised why they weren't stopping. My shirt was torn in different areas. There was dried blood on its raggedy form and my trousers had bee
