~AthenaWe had only been running for about fifteen minutes when Jessica spoke, glancing at us from the corner of her eyes."They are gaining ground on us. Both of you will have to continue without me. We can't let them see all three of us," she said, short of breath."No, let's all run together and hide," I refuted."No, my queen, that wouldn't be a good idea. I will wait and fight them off while both of you keep running and find somewhere safe to hide.""Richard said you should protect us, not leave us!" I uttered loudly, the wind carrying my words."Trust me, my queen, this is the best protection I can give," she stopped running, and we stopped too.I shook my head at her, "You can't do this Jessica! We are all in this together."She held my hand and that of my mum's, "Please listen to me, both of you. I need you to keep running and not look back. When I am done fighting them off, I will come find you, okay?"I didn't have words, I didn't want to leave her, but I knew her mind was m
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