The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

walked beside him.

“You belong,” he said before Marcus could ask.

Marcus swallowed. “You don’t know that.”

Coach Brooks pointed toward the track.

“I know exactly where you belong.”

Training there was hard.

Harder than anything Marcus had done.

Not because he was weak.

Because for the first time, he was not surviving on scraps.

He had to learn form, pacing, continue reading …