The second alarm screams through the air like the sound for an incoming bomb and I stupidly stop, turning around to look at only God knows what. That’s when I hear them, the sound of their paws hitting the ground my feet were once pressed in. The wind carrying their growling and barking. Turning back round, I begin kicking up dirt again, pacing my breathing as best as I can. I run marathons for fun... but it’s nothing like this. I can hear their paws hitting the dirt even though they’re nowhere near me, and yet, they’re surrounding me it seems. I won’t stop. I can’t stop. I don’t know what
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