THEODOSA.My knees hit the floor and the shadows didn't let up.They tightened at my waist, squeezed my thighs, cinched around my ankles and held them together.Then my chest, the pressure wrapping around my ribs and shifting, moving, adjusting like something finding a better grip. My breasts, my waist again, the tops of my thighs. Not enough to break anything but enough that every breath I pulled in was half of what I needed.I got my palms flat on the floor and tried to push up.My arms gave out under the weight of them and I went back down.Nala's voice came through the door, muffled, still going outside, still talking to Kane.I opened my mouth and pushed out everything my compressed lungs could manage and the sound that came out was small and wrong and went nowhere.I tried again.Something shifted at my face, the shadow across my mouth thinned, just slightly, just enough, and I dragged in a full breath and screamed her name as loud as I could.The door hit the wall.Nala crossed
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