Chapter 18

Everything was a blur. Acelin briskly accelerated forward with absurd speed that didn’t seem real. I didn’t understand what was happening. I knew I wasn’t drunk. Someone must have put something in my drink. What happened back there? That dark feeling was almost overpowering. My body shivered just thinking about it.

I tightly gripped his shirt with one hand, the other was around his neck holding on for dear life. He had me scooped up against him and I could feel his tight grip like he would never let me go.

My heart was beating so fast, pumping hard in my chest. I leaned my head against the area where Acelin’s heart should be unable to hold it up any longer, but I felt nothing. He had somehow managed to keep his composure and rhythm in check even while sprinting through the woods. What were we running from? How was he so fast? And why hadn’t we just taken my car?

My head was spinning, clouded from all the questions. I could barely function.

Acelin had been non-stop running for what