I see You As Mine

Lyra’s legs pounded against the cold ground as she sprinted up the misty hill, breath hitching from the icy morning air. She didn’t need to look back, he would follow her. She knew he would. He always did.

Let him chase her. Let him feel the pull too.

The air shifted, thinning as the trees broke open to reveal the ridge at the top of the slope. Her lungs burned. Her legs ached. But she felt alive. Even with everything crashing around her, she could still run—still move, still feel the wind against her face. That was enough. For now.

She laughed, even though the ache in her side from all that running was becoming unbearably painful. The trees were so green. So huge. She had never been allowed this far back into the forest in her former pack. It was exhilarating.

With a deep, sigh, Lyra began slowing down at the top of the small hill she had climbed, turning slightly, expecting to catch a glimpse of Kai’s hulking figure emerging through the trees.

Instead, she saw something else.

A figu