Allison's POV

The air, warm and hot like the sun scorching the world from above, slapped against my face as I ran down the sidewalk barefooted. The damn heels were going to slow me down.

The stones were hot beneath my feet, stinging and painful, but I gritted my teeth against the pain. I have been through worse. I broke down to a more respectable run, bowing my head low, realizing I was drawing unneeded attention to myself. Eyes darted from across the streets to me, the pedestrians on the ...