“I do not know. I have never experienced anything like it. But the moment I felt it, I knew what it was.” He paused and looked back up. “You. Inside of me. Telling me to run. As fast as my legs would carry me. As fast as I could go, before it was too late.” Alec’s heart squeezed in his chest. Zercy frowned and held his gaze. “So that is what I did... I ran as fast as I could… I did not stop. I did not rest. Not when fire burned my lungs…. I just… kept running… toward you.”
