GRACE POV
It didn’t take long for Cain to catch us.
Let’s be honest—Hakira wanted to get caught.
I felt it in every playful twist of her body, every exaggerated leap she took through the snow, every time she slowed just enough for Cain to gain inches before bolting forward again in a burst of white and red light.
She was teasing him.
Absolutely provoking him.
And Cain—goddess, Cain was thriving off it.
I don’t think I had ever felt this light before.
Not even once in my human body.
Running as Hakira was like being made of wind and instinct and joy.
Like all the weight that used to sit on my shoulders had simply… dissolved.
Like I could breathe with my whole soul instead of just my lungs.
The forest blurred around us, dawn spilling pink and gold over the snow, and Hakira’s heart
