The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

said was born to win, was lying on the side of the trail with her face pale, her eyes half-open, and one hand curled against the dirt.

A volunteer medic was kneeling beside her, panic shaking his voice.

“I need help,” the medic called. “I can’t move her by myself.”

Marcus looked down the course.

He could still see the curve where the road opened toward continue reading …