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CHAPTER 10

Author: Zeee Jibrin
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-08 19:04:11

The forest came alive with sound, quick thudding of feet against earth, snapping branches as Lucas, Elena, and Marcus raced through the trees. Elena's breath came in quick, shallow gasps, her legs burning with the effort to keep up. Behind them, the soft rustling of their pursuers grew louder, relentless.

"Faster!" Lucas urged voice sharp, almost feral in its intensity as he ran with an unnatural speed, eyes glowing faintly in the moonlight, every muscle strained as if feeling danger closing in around them.

"Who the hell are these people?" Marcus panted, looking over his shoulder as he urged himself to run faster. "And why are they after us?

They work for the organization," Lucas said over his shoulder. "They won't stop until they get what they want."

"What do they want?" Elena gasped, her heart pounding not just from the exertion but fear. Fear of what she didn't know and starting to fear what she was beginning to understand about Lucas.

"Me," Lucas said succinctly, his eyes flicking
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