“Wait!” I whispered hoarsely behind Li.
“What?” Li turned his head towards me and asked.
But I didn’t have anything to say. I was as bad as his classmates who raise their hands in class when they don’t have a question or a comment, but just want to be called on. Li continued up.
“Pepper!” we cried one by one. “Pepper! Treat! Treat!” But there was nothing, no one and eerily not a sound around.
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I slid as quickly and quietly as I could, and I caught up with Lu around the first bend. I tried to slow myself...