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He wouldn't make it if I left him.
Gritting my teeth, I took off after him.
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ALIL
I ran as fast as I could even though I didn't know where I was, or where I was going.
On all sides was open desert and nothing but complete panic.
The sun was almost above the horizon. I had been gone for hours. Kidnapped by the person I had trusted.
Footsteps hitting the ground behind me alerted me to his arrival. I assumed that it was Addy. I couldn't look back to be sure, but it didn't matter. I would run from him now as easily as I would from any of them.
His panting breaths drew closer, nearly as loud as mine as I tried futilely to go faster.
“No,” I gasped as his shadow reached me.
“Alil, wait! Please!”
It wasAddy and the sound of his voice. The fact that he had betrayed me so completely nearly made me cry out in anguish.
Suddenly, his hand closed around my wrist.
“No!” I shouted and without thinking. Without meaning to, I bent and using his momentum, I flipped him over my back.
His back hit the ground with a heavy thump and for a moment, he looked up at me with an expression as shocked as I felt.
Apparently, those self-defense classes hadn't been completely useless, I thought.
Then, I turned and ran.
“Alil!” Addy shouted after me.
I could barely push myself any further—and I realized that I was now going back the way we had come.
Finally, I slowed in defeat. Wheezing, I looked back.
Addy was standing back where I had left him.
He made no move to come after me so I stopped completely and simply looked at him while I tried to catch my breath.
My entire chest ached. Yes, my lungs were overused, but my heart hurt more.
“I trusted you!” I shouted.
The anguish was clear in my voice and Addy bowed his head, looking utterly pathetic and ridiculous.
“I know!” he shouted back after a moment. “I'm sorry!”
I swallowed, trying to make sense of it.
“Why, Addy?” I asked.
He held out his hands on either side as though he was helpless.
