“Faster!”
Aurora couldn’t get a word out, she was too exhausted.
“I said, faster!” Leandro yelled, charging at her again and again, while she tried to stop him using whatever means necessary.
Initially, she thought she could just use fire, her strongest element, but he was always a step ahead of her, always just a second faster. First, she got slower because she got frustrated, but now, she felt like all of her energy was burnt off in the fire she created.
“I… I’m done,” she cried out. “Please, Leandro…”
Eyes closed, her hands on her knees, she stood bent over on the side of the quarry where he’d cornered her, trying to take deep breaths, but her lungs were burning from not getting enough oxygen, and her eyes were blurry from the sweat rolling down her face.
“Fine, we can take fiv
