The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

whispered, though he did not know if she could hear him. “Just stay with us.”

His arms shook.

His ribs ached.

His shoes slipped once on the damp leaves, and the medic grabbed his elbow before he fell.

“Almost there,” the medic said.

Marcus could not answer.

His whole body had turned into pain.

But he kept walking.

Because some moments in life do not ask who continue reading …