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CHAPTER 23
ALISA’s POV
We run through the woods, or at least I do. Alec, bless his soul tries to keep up. The kiss had weakened him but he’s not willing to admit it, so he trudges along stumbling every once in a while.
We reach a clearing within the woods and I stop.
“Why don’t we stop for a while?” I ask him.
He bends over with his hands on his knees and wheezes. “No, no…let’s just go. I’m….fine…”
His face is ashen white and beads of sweat form on his forehead. He is not fine. He needs to rest. I take a step closer to him and give him a pat on his shoulder. Then looking deep into his eyes, I say, “I need to rest too.”
He lets out a wheezy cough and nods, his head bobbing up and down. “Alright…that’s a good idea.” Immediately, he sits himself on a grassy patch and opens up his bottle of water.
“Here, take some. It&r
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