Christina's PovBreatheI gasped as I choked on air, the air burning my deprived lungs. I coughed and gagged, clawing at the ground as spots danced in my vision.The world came back in fragments.Light filtering through trees. Rough earth beneath my palms. The scent of pine and damp soil, sharp and overwhelming. Every sound crashed into me all at once. Birds chirping too loudly, wings fluttering overhead, leaves rustling somewhere nearby. Far off, a long, distant howl rose and faded, sending a shiver down my spine.I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to steady myself, but my heart wouldn’t slow. It pounded hard enough that I could feel it in my throat.“Calm down,” a voice said.I went still.The words weren’t spoken aloud, yet they were clear, firm, and impossibly close. Not carried on the wind. Not echoing through the trees.Inside me.My breath stuttered. “Who… who is that?” I tried to shout, panic clawing up my chest, but my throat felt like it had been scraped raw with gravel. The so
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