↳ Mara's parents were born in Marley, but Mara was born within the walls. She knew a lot of things about the world beyond the walls, one of them being that Titan Shifters were at fault for the fall of Wall Maria. The cause of so many deaths, includi...
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Chapter thirty two: The way home (2)
Mara's pov:
Despite the fact that I had tied my hair so tightly into a ponytail, the wind tore it out with ease as we galloped across the fields. My face stung as my hair whipped into it like a thousand tiny daggers, but I couldn't have cared less.
The only thoughts in my mind were how much adrenaline was coursing through my veins, and the feeling of unrestricted life. As we galloped across the crops, through the streams and over the fences, my heart leapt and flew with the feeling of life.
I couldn't remember the last time I'd truly felt alive. Perhaps it was back when me and Yana would canter to Shiganshina on the way to run errands for our mother – or maybe it was more recently, when I was still a cadet and we would spend the nights down at the lake, diving and splashing in the water laughing like maniacs. Yes, that was the last time I felt truly alive, until now of course.
I recalled the promise I made to myself during our first year as cadets, when I'd swon that I would keep my friends happy and smiling, that I would protect them no matter what the future would hold.
So much for that, I suppose
A mournful smile adorned my lips as I reminisced, becoming numb to the adrenaline. I wished I could go back to my days as a cadet. Back when we were still young, back before Trost, before we lost so many friends.
I remembered a time when Krista had asked me to teach her how to make a flower crown – I regretted waiting so long to, since now if I ever saw her or any of my friends from the 104th cadets again, I would be their enemy.
Even though I regretted betraying my friends, I knew I would never regret saving Annie. I would choose Annie over anyone else a thousand times over if I had to, because no matter what she was my light, my love and my life, and losing her was like losing my will to live at all.
"Mara." I heard Annie's voice over the wind, angelic and smooth as always.
I looked up from where I had been staring at Achira's main to meet Annie's icey eyes. Somehow, Annie seemed completely perfect under the light of the moon. Her hair blew behind her instead of being violently thrown around, the moonlight hit her face at such an angle it made her eyes turn into a silver glacier of shimmering light.
"You keep spacing out Mara, at some point you'll end up falling off." Annie teased, a faint yet beautiful smile tugging at the corners of her lips.
"Shhh." I rolled my eyes and shook my head, my attention returning to the path ahead of us.
