Shadow by Kara Swanson

Author:Kara Swanson [Swanson, Kara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, christian, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781621841746
Publisher: Enclave Escape
Published: 2021-02-18T22:00:00+00:00

Neverland

The entire blithering island is falling apart.

I bellow at Claire, accidentally downing water as I try to shove through the roiling waves toward her. But then the blasted cliff is collapsing on top of us, and it’s all I can do to duck my head under and swim like a madman. My hands tear through the water as I aim down, trying to plunge deeper and avoid the massive chunks of clay that are cannonballing down at us.

I twist as one piece nicks my heel. Trying to see through the dark depths, I can make out the swish of dozens of siren tails, the sheen of scales and webbed hands, which are all swimming much faster than I am.

But where is Claire?

Panic flares, and I scour the water for her—and another massive piece of clay slams into me from above. I try to push it away, but it’s too large. It’s the tip of a huge portion of the cliff.

And as the cliffside sinks into the water, the clay collapsing on top of me takes me with it. I’m forced downward, its impossible weight on my back. My lungs yearn for air as I’m shoved toward the seafloor, as if the mountain itself has hefted a mighty hand to slam me down.

I’m surrounded by darkness and the filter of bubbles across my face. Piercing pressure builds in my ears. I wonder if I’ll sink so far I’ll fall out of the underside of the Neversea and go spinning into space.

And then I hit the seabed so hard I swear I crack a few ribs. Pain spirals across my chest, careening through the bandages on my wounds. My grunt is muffled by the depths of liquid shoving in on me.

At least I didn’t fall out the bottom.

My head pounds. My whole body feels like there is fire racing through my veins. My ears hurt.

So done with pain.

First, stabbed by Connor, and now the entire island is trying to break my back?

Frustration funnels behind the pain. I start to choke on water, and it’s when the metallic taste crawls down my throat that I realize—something is very off with this salty sea. The metallic taste is bitter and thick. I can feel it sapping my strength even as I writhe here, trying to push out from under the portion of cliff.

I try to crane my head upward and hope desperately that perhaps the sirens will swim down here and rescue my sorry hide.

But no such luck. Not that they would anyway. I’m not their favorite chap.

Those slimy tails really can hold a grudge.

But I helped with Claire, so that has to be worth something.

A burning fills the back of my throat. I’m so tired. So tired of constantly being tossed about by these dark tides. I can’t even hear the whisper of Neverland in my blood anymore. It may have been faint these past few months, but it was always there.

And now it’s not. I can’t hear my island anymore.

As that sinks in, really sinks in, I lose all the energy to fight and collapse against the icy seafloor.

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