C30 Avery

Xzander sat up, looking around at the now empty clearing. “You did it.”

“Thanks to you.” I clasped his hand and Simeon’s, my emotions of relief yet despair at the costs choking me. The price of winning was too much to bear. “And you and Malcolm an—”

“If you say Darrius, I’m going to argue with you.” Simeon winked. “He’s done nothing but lay around all this time.”

I hiccupped a laugh cry