Hidden (Descendants Series Book 1) by Lea Cherry

Author:Lea Cherry [Cherry, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

I hit the water. The icy chill made me gasp, and I swallowed a mouthful of lake water. It disoriented me from knowing which way was up and which way was down. I started kicking and swaying my arms to get some traction in the water. Thankfully, I could see the sun shining above me. I swam toward the light and broke through the water . . . right underneath the capsized boat.

“Amy! Amy, where are you?” Dakin’s faint voice called from the other side of the boat.

“Dakin! I’m okay. I’m under the boat.”

“Are you okay?” His voice became clearer as he neared.

“I’m fine. What happened?”

“I have no idea.” None of it made sense. I was about to dive underwater to get out from under the boat, when a strange sensation occurred around me.

It started as a small whirlpool underwater, like one of those air pockets jellyfish get caught in. A neon blue light surrounded the air pocket, but nothing about this felt like a natural occurrence.

“Dakin?”

“I’m here.”

“Something’s wrong. Something’s happening. I don’t know what to do.” I tried to kick at the whirling water around my feet, but it only broke apart and reformed, like one of those plasma creatures in horror movies.

“Hang on, I’m coming.”

Before I could reply, the water amoeba tied itself around my lower legs and started pulling me under.

I tried to fight, to hang on to the seats on the overturned boat, but the current was too strong. I screeched as it pulled me under and backwards toward the shore.

Thinking of the water magic Ryker had taught me, I tried using spells to help, but the fear of what was happening rendered my magic useless. Swimming didn’t help, either. The more I fought, the stronger the pull came.

I saw Dakin swimming toward me underwater. His eyes bulged as he saw the whirling current surrounding me. With a speed I didn’t know he had, he reached me within seconds and grabbed my wrists.

As he pulled, I tried kicking at the air pockets again, but nothing seemed to help. The current eased a bit, but the strange water moved from my body and knocked Dakin back so far that he couldn’t follow me.

As the whirlpool tightened its grip on me again, I saw the shimmer of magic surrounding it. My last thought before it tugged me toward shore again was: Fuck.

The pull increased, and suddenly I was thrown on to the shore. I coughed up water, gasping for air. The sand beneath my hands turned to mushy water dripping from my body. I looked at the lake and saw a tiny glimmer of a human shape in the distance, swimming avidly toward me. Dakin.

I pushed to my feet, ignoring my quivering muscles. As I made my way to the water to get back to Dakin, a powerful hand clamped down on my shoulder, accompanied by a deep and rusty voice.

“You’re coming with me.”

As if by nature, Ryker’s training took over. I stepped to the side and

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