Chapter 27: I. Praeda pg. 25

Before she knew it, she’d been pushed. Before she knew it, she was falling. A wave of gravity crashed into her as she flailed in the air and wind screamed in her ears. Then she hit the surface. Two years before her first death, Phoebe was plunged into darkness.

The moonlight did nothing to orient her under the waves. Her eyes immediately stung with saline. Thick, black water surrounded the child, filling the spaces left by her body as she sunk into the sea. A part of her brain was telling her to kick! but Phoebe was still; consumed.

A distant crashing noise snapped her out of her daze, and she realized that Nicole must have jumped as well. She wiggled, and then moved with more fervor, attempting to find the surface. Soon her sense of direction reached her as she felt her pained breath move up past her face. Phoebe followed suit with a few strong kicks, feeling as though the sea itself was desperately lifting her upwards. When her head broke into the warm night air she gasped and sputtered.

Rubbing her eyes, Phoebe turned to see Nicole watching her. The young girls were silent for a moment before breaking into a fit of nervous laughter.

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