Desperate Flight

Clara

I turn on my heel and run away as fast as my feet will carry me.

My would-be kidnappers curse and soon their footsteps are pounding into the pavement behind me. I fly through the sleeping city, careful to make sure I travel in the opposite direction Tessa ran. I hadn’t been sure they’d both follow me when another target was still within reach, but it seems their outrage over being duped by a