Chapter Eighty-Six

Talia's POV:

My man. Dripping in all his glory. Looking hot and ready to beat my ass in this outrageous idea of his, all in the name of racing.

We started our race near a tree that I marked specifically for this purpose. On the other side of the island, there was another tree that served as the finish line. If we ran on the sand, along the ocean, it was exactly long and wide enough from here to that point.

Nicholas counted to three, I had a timer, and we were both off, each starting at a reasonably fast pace that was not our top speed.

As I ran, I felt my muscles easing into the rhythm of the movement, and I gradually picked up the pace, pushing myself harder than I usually did, trying to stay keep my feet stable at this point in the run.