Chapter 29

Elodie’s POV

I didn’t stop running.

My books were still scattered on the cafeteria floor, Nyara’s voice still calling after me, but I didn’t care. I shoved through the hall doors and into the cool air outside, my chest burning, my vision swimming.

I ran until my lungs screamed and my legs buckled, until I collapsed against the rough brick wall on the outside of the gymnasium, hidden from view.

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