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I don’t know. I shook my hands, trying to get rid of the pain, but it lingered. I kept kicking, keeping my head out of the water. I didn’t know what was happening, but I suddenly didn’t feel much like swimming anymore. Whatever had happened to my hands was freaking me out.
Coming back, I said to him. I don’t know what the hell—
My arms locked in place as pain slashed through my wrists. Through my elbows. My shoulders.
I couldn’t move through the searing pain. I started to sink into the ocean.
I kicked harder, my legs burning as I struggled to keep my head above water. Dastien! What’s happening?
I’m coming! Swim back toward the beach.
I tried to look around, but the pain left me gasping for air. I couldn’t focus enough to even see the beach. It was like someone had chopped off my arms, bit by bit. But they were there. Totally intact. I could see them under the water, but all I could feel was searing pain in my shoulders.
Whatever I was feeling, it wasn’t real. It had to be witchcraft. A curse. Something.
Think, Tessa. Think. I had to stop whatever this was. I needed a protection spell. Something to break—
I screamed as the pain multiplied. This time it started with my toes.
Then my knees.
And then I couldn’t move my legs.
No. No. No.
I wiggled my body around, but it was no use. I sank like dead weight.
Screams ripped from my throat until my lungs were burning.
Which way was the surface? The light was getting farther away.
Pressure started to build in my head and my ears felt like they were going to explode.
Oh fuck.
I held my breath, trying not to suck in water. I didn’t have any air left in my lungs.
I needed to reach the surface or I was going to die before Dastien got here.
My heartbeat thumped in my ears as I tried to swim with just my torso. With my arms and legs locked in place, I couldn’t work up any momentum.
I was still sinking.
I flailed around, tossing and turning as I fell. Dastien! I can’t see the surface! The water had gotten almost as dark as the night sky, rolling me until I’d lost all sense of direction. What do I do?
Why couldn’t I find the surface? What magic was doing this to me?
Just hold on! I’m coming! He hit the beach at a sprint. Diving into the water. Cutting through the waves with all the power he could.
Magic. I needed to break the magic.
Stop. Stop. Stop. I pushed all my will into the words, picturing whatever spell had me shattering.
Suddenly I could move my arms. My legs still weren’t working, but I could use my arms.
Hope blossomed. Thank God.
I waved my arms through the water like I was digging to the surface. I wasn’t sure if I was heading the right way, but I had to keep moving. I had to keep fighting.
