Troy
Her scream cut right through me, but her hand was still in mine.
“Kiana?” I tried to pull her closer to me. The smoke continued to billow around us, but nothing was touching us or hurting us.
“Run,” she shouted. “We have to run!”
The smoke receded, and the forest raced by us. Ahead of us, a wolf snarled and paced, constantly looking over his shoulder at us. It felt like we were running for our lives.
But our legs weren’t moving.
Next to me, Kiana breathed hard. “Don’t let go of me, Troy. We have to keep moving. I don’t want to lose you.”
Her eyes were glazed over with fear, and her head jerked around as she studied our surroundings. It took me a moment to realize that she actually thought we were running.
“Kiana, look at me,” I said in a calm voice as I walked right in front
