XAVIER“Pass the ball! I'm open!” Axel threw the ball at me but Sean blocked it in one move, bouncing it between his legs and trying to get past Garry. “Block him, G. Come on!” Coach wasn't very happy with me. In fact, when I got back and he heard, he made me do laps around the school field until my legs couldn't work any more. I was begging for survival until he let me go. By the third day, my body was giving up and I didn't think I'd ever be able to run again in my life. My lungs didn't feel like they were in my body. My legs had left me by the second day. “So, are you back now or should I still be expecting some kind of disappearing stunt again, Volkov?”Well, I didn't even know the answer to that question. If something were to come up again in my family or maybe Mia got into some kind of trouble, I didn't have any other choice but to leave. There was no way I could leave anyone else to respond to my duties. “I don't know, Coach. If duty calls, I have to leave. Axel seems to
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