“Slow down!” Hannah screams behind me, but it’s too late. The second I lifted my feet, I zoomed straight past her. I’ve veered off to the edge of the slope, and no matter which way I lean, I can’t get myself right again. Trees zip past in my peripheral vision, and I’m certain no other human has ever gone this fast before. “Use your feet,” I hear her shout, but that only serves to catapult me over the bank of snow at the edge of the slope and then I’m flying. I land face first, inches from the base of a tree. I hear her boots a few seconds later, stomping up the bank until she comes into view,
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