“Unveiling Secrets: How Jess Phoenix’s ‘The Race’ Transforms the Meaning of Survival in an Unforgiving World”
The headlight drew closer, and both Anthracite and I were ready to collapse. I spoke to him with all the gravity I could muster.
“Come on, buddy. We can do this. We have to do this. Please.”
I readied us for what I knew would be our final attempt, successful or otherwise. One more deep breath, and I swung upward. Inky rock, tar-black horse, and endless night sky all blurred into one. His body lurched forward beneath me yet again. We careened through the dark, a deadly missile gone astray.
I missed. Again.
