Warrior Rising by P. C. Cast

Author:P. C. Cast [Cast, P. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781440639272
Google: WBsum22FUv0C
Amazon: B001JQLN8C
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2008-05-05T23:00:00+00:00

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The beach was gorgeous if, sadly, empty of Achilles, or any of theMyrmidons for

that matter.

W

� here the hell did all of those half naked men get to?� Kat muttered.

She probably should have double-checked about where he was andthen gone to meet

him. Kat shielded her eyes against the sun s

� glare off the water. It had to be at

least lunch time. Why hadn t

� she brought something like a picnic lunch? And a

blanket, for that matter. Maybe they could practice some daytime hypnotism.

Of course that was difficult to do without the patient o

� r the victim (she could

almost hear Jacky adding).

Kat sighed. Aetnia had obviously heard wrong. Maybe they were practicing in the

area of the beach between the two camps. Feeling hot and annoyed, Kat headed back, walking close enough to the waves that she had to take off her slippers and hold

her robes out of the way. But the water felt good against her feet and calves and she was kicking at the spray when a movement not far offshore caught her

attention. Kat stopped and peered out into the crystal water, blinking to clear

her eyes. There seemed to be something just under the water. She thought she saw

flashes of silver and white and red. Hiking up her dress even farther, Kat took a step out imagining the brightly colored salt-water fish in the tanks at the Jenks Aquarium.

Shapes undulated just below the surface. Lots and lots of shapes. At first Kat

was struck by their odd beauty. They were gelatinous and glowed a blue-white light that reminded her of frozen meat lockers and the storage units sci-fi movies used for cryogenic holding. Weird

� she could swear the water lapping around her calves

had cooled by several degrees. When she saw the eerie, milky eyes she changed her mind about aquarium viewing and began to step back. Then Kat felt something clammy and cold slither around her ankle. She lifted her foot, meaning to brush off what was probably just a piece of seaweed and the sharp pain of a sting jolted her,

followed almost instantly by a dreadful numbing sensation in her ankle and foot.

Kat looked down.

It wasn t

� seaweed. What was wrapped around her totally dead-feeling foot was a

long, thin tentacle that looked like a rat s

� tail covered in a clear membrane.

With a shriek, Kat tried to finish stepping back, but her leg had become

completely useless and she fell to her knees.

The deeper water in front of her writhed with tentacles and glowing, sightless

bodies as they closed on her.

Another tentacle snaked out. Kat ducked and tried to lurch back, but the thing

was still gripping her ankle, and it was pulling her slowly into deeper water

toward the swarm.

O

� h, god! Help!

� Kat screamed. A

� chilles!

� Where was her fucking knight in

shining armor? Where was her hero? She managed to drag herself back a few inches

and another membrane-wrapped tentacle snagged her other ankle, zapping her with a painful sting that faded even faster than the first bite as the numbness took

hold.

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