Undertow by Steve Behling

Author:Steve Behling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

HE STILL COULDN’T BREATHE.

But now, now he could see the shape’s face, more clearly than ever before.

It was his mother.

Only this time, Arthur didn’t try to call out to her. He didn’t want his lungs to fill with water. The current was there, and just like last time, it was pulling at him from all sides, but this time, he resisted. This time, he swam, harder than he had before, and at last he moved forward, if just a little. Then a little more. He was making progress. Arthur was coming closer to the shape, closer and closer.

I know it’s her, I just know it. I can feel it.

The shape reached out its arms, beckoning toward Arthur. He was only inches from her embrace. When he saw her, Arthur suddenly jerked backward, as if yanked by an unseen force. The shape appeared just as surprised as Arthur.

No, they can’t take her away. Not again. I won’t let them!

Arthur swam after his mother, keeping pace with her, yet she always remained just out of reach. His muscles ached, and he thought his chest would burst, but Arthur refused to relent. Stroke after stroke, he soldiered on, striving with all his might to keep close to his mother.

Arthur was so preoccupied that he only then noticed that he was just a few feet above the ocean floor. Up ahead he saw a ridge. A second later, his mother disappeared over the ridge, heading down.

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