RYDER

I don't hesitate. I don't think twice.

I push everything else out of my mind and focus on catching up to her.

Nadia runs pretty fast, and when she realizes that I'm gaining on her, she shifts.

Shifting for me right now would bring about complications that I can't deal with, so I stay in human form and run through the forest. She gets confused and slows down so she doesn't hit the trees. Nadia never had the training I had, so this comes as no surprise to me.

I'm not angry that she's ...