Mira POV For a moment, I couldn’t breathe.I just lay there on the ground, staring up at the tall trees above me while the world slowly stopped spinning. My head hurt, my body ached, and my heart was beating too fast.Everything felt wrong.Too quiet.Too still.“Think like a predator.”Professor Hale’s voice echoed in my mind.Right now, I didn’t feel like a predator.I felt like prey.I closed my eyes for a second, trying to steady myself, then forced my body to move. My arms shook as I pushed myself up, my legs weak under me.For a few seconds, I just stood there, breathing hard, trying to understand what just happened.Then it hit me.Bella.“She pushed you,” Sky said, her voice low and angry in my head.“I know,” I whispered.My chest tightened.Not just from the fall.From the betrayal.I swallowed hard and looked around.Nothing.No voices.No footsteps.No sign of the others.“What are we going to do now?” I asked quietly.“Call them,” Sky said. “Maybe they will hear you.”I
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