The world blurred past us. The trees became blurred sticks as we wove in between. Bushes became wider obstacles that we jumped over. The animals, the birds, they knew something was happening, and they stayed quiet and out of the way.
Megan passed the borders of the pack lands, she weaved between the border patrols that were following their routes, and others that were just out for friendly hunts. We finally slowed to a stop to catch our breath and to figure out where to go. She looked around. Nix receding back beside me and collapsing.
Are you okay? I hurried to her side.
Yeah. She huffed and sagged against me. I pushed too hard, that’s all.
I cuddled her to my side, holding her up as she caught her breath, and I realized the sun had set. How long did it take us to run here?
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