IRIS POV:The next morning, I woke up early.The sun was just rising, and the air felt cool and fresh. I put on my running clothes, slipped in my earpiece, and started playing loud music.I needed to clear my head after everything that happened yesterday.I greeted the men at the gate.“Good morning,” I said, walking past them.They all answered at once. “Madam, should one of us go with you? It's not too safe this early.”“Don't bother, but thanks though,” I said.I stepped out of the gates. The road was quiet and lonely.I started jogging down the quiet road near the mansion.The music helped me forget for a while, forget about Cassian, forget about the council, forget about the fear that still sat in my chest.I ran for almost twenty minutes. I was breathing hard, and sweat was starting to form on my forehead.Wow, so this is what it takes to be fit?I stopped and took about a minute to rest, then I stood up and continued running.But then I felt something.Someone was following me.
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