Her feet hit the ground with painful speed, as she ran; staggered and swaying, her eyes foggy with tears that she angrily blinked away continuously. Her joints were aching, her muscles straining too from all the pressure and the speed that she was forcing herself to move at. Her heart was hammering so loudly in her chest, it felt like it would combust; the sound so loud in her ears. She was running out of breath but she wouldn’t stop.
She couldn’t.
There was only one solution and she was going to get that solution. Her tattoo was fading, she was changing and Eli’s time was running out.
When she looked up, the moon was peeking into the surface.
“Ah!” she grunted with a hoarse voice, tears streaming down her face. She glanced back and pushed forward but she fell.
She rose up, and tried to run again, but her legs buckled beneath her and she fell.
No! By Ignas, NO!
She forced herself to stand, resting against a tree.
The tears were starting to well up in her eyes again.