Page 66 of Axis of Fire

Then shoved the idea away.

“Not really.”

“Same.”

Silence settled over the dark room once again.

******

A surge.

Water burned against my skin.

It wasn’t cold—

it was alien.

Foreign.

Alive.

Hungry.

It devoured me with terrifying speed.

Panic hit instantly.

Sharp.

Sudden.

Without warning.

Tears mixed with saltwater,

and I couldn’t tell anymore—

where the sea ended

and I began.

My body jerked,

fighting.

Desperately.

Pointlessly.

I was drowning.

But I still tried to survive.

My heart pounded

like it wanted to tear itself out of my chest

and float to the surface instead of me.