The wind cut through my hair and stung my eyes, and my heart thumped wildly in my chest as I ran. Iii knew how long it would take Matthew to run down the stairs and the front door. I wouldn't be fast enough.
I pushed myself to run even faster, my breaths shortening even more, my body lightly trembling. I can't get caught. I shouldn't get caught.
I can't even bring myself to imagine what would happen if I do get caught.
I finally came out of the long passage between our homes, just as the front door of my house swung open.
I let out a curse and turned to the left towards Nikolai's place, then increased my pace.
"Iris!" It was my mother now, and honestly, all it did was make me want to run even faster.
I could hear them behind me, and I pushed my exhausted limbs until I couldn't feel t
