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My gaze centered on the Origin in the next yard Static crackled down e and pain already there It burst froe of power

Mo toward me as her black curls blew around her head Her mouth opened, but her words were tossed back in her face

The force of poas like hurricane winds It slammed into the Explorer, lifted it up on two tires, and then flipped it over The vehicle rolled toward the Origin, who spun and ran

Ran

My brain had clicked off andchase I heard my name shouted, but I couldn’t stop and I couldn’t listen My feet picked up speed, and the burst of power and energy rolled through e of the forest as I heard hts, but I didn’t stop I kept going, picking up more andces of a trapped bird

Heat swept over ed atback at my cheeks and arms like thin lashes They didn’t stop me I leaped over rocks and fallen tree trunks,as I pushed harder and harder

I chased the Origin, who stayed a yard or two ahead of e rocks In the back ofinside and if I’d been tested enough to ensure I wouldn’t self-destruct like some hybrids, like Carissa What if they hadn’t, and this--this hat self-destruction felt like?

I was burning up inside, full of e and frustration and sorrow that cut so deep it was like an endless well of hurting And I couldn’t believe that

Kat!

I heard his voice again, but I was focused on the Origin, on the need to take hi away

I had no idea how far I’d run, but the trees started to thin when the Origin glanced over his shoulder So about the look on his face caused htest

But it was too late