Dark and Stormy: Phantom Queen Book 4 - A Temple Verse Series (The Phantom Queen Diaries) by Silvers Shayne & O'Connell Cameron

Author:Silvers, Shayne & O'Connell, Cameron [Silvers, Shayne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Argento Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

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I woke, floating on my back in a sea of arterial blood. Or, what looked like blood, at least; the liquid holding me aloft felt no different than any other bodies of water I’d been in. Thank God, it wasn’t a thick, syrupy goop or anything—not that I would have been surprised in the slightest. The only difference was the color, the waves lapping against me a luminescent shade of cherry. I had a few moments to play back what had happened: dragging Ryan to his feet, tossing him overboard, my flawlessly executed cannonball dive, followed by a brief, painful memory of hitting the liquid surface. Then, nothing. I sighed. I must have misjudged things a bit and hit the water harder than I thought, hard enough to momentarily scramble my brain.

I drifted on my back, content to float until the concept of moving didn’t make me want to puke. I felt bad for Lisandra—the wizard scientist I’d promised my corpse to after I finally kicked the proverbial bucket in exchange for a little help rescuing a colleague from a coma. At this rate, my brain was probably little more than an object lesson on the merit of concussion protocols. Hell, I’d been knocked out so many times in the last year, I was lucky I could still remember to brush my teeth at night or how to tie my shoes.

I shook off that dark thought and spun, treading water as I took stock of my surroundings. Water. A whole lot of red water. I scanned the immediate area, looking for remains of the dinghy—something I could grab hold of, at least—but saw nothing. Even my poor Fairyville Slugger had been lost at sea. I sighed. Assuming Ryan had landed far outside my immediate radius—which was likely since I’d waited until the last possible instant to leap from the damaged dinghy—that meant I was out here on my own.

I hated to admit it, but the stupid Faeling had probably been right—unless someone came looking, I’d likely die out here. Still, there were worse ways to go, right? I could explore in the meantime. The thought—so fresh after making peace with the likelihood of a watery grave—struck me as particularly odd. My wild side, again, trying to assert her dominance? Living entirely in the moment, not planning for the future. I snorted. Fine, why not? What would it hurt to let her lead, under the circumstances?

It’s not like things could get any worse.

And so I let go, basically watching from the sidelines as I kicked, thrust my head under water, and dove down into the depths of the Scarlet Sea.

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