“And what’s wrong with my voice? Why do I hurt? What happened today?” I continued to ramble

“Today?!”” Master Kein laughed. “Ciara, you have been feverish and delirious for nearly two day cycles. Brothers, bring it more to drink and something to eat.”

I sat in stunned silence as they bustled around getting me food and more water. I took what they gave me gratefully although my throat was really sore. I could not figure out what they were talking about.

My most recent memories were flashbulbs of nightmares: the deep dark black, a slimy pink tentacle, and their irate faces floating over me.

It took a while for the memories to solidify in my mind. As a rush, the timeline came back to me.

My eyes went wide when I realized. I nearly choked on what I had been eating. It hadn’t been a bad dream. I had been in the ocean, way out in the ocean. Something had grabbed me. I had been pulled under and I had been drowning.

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looked around and grabbed the closest man to me. He felt real. Master Evan felt like he always did, hard muscle

was looking at me

to a lay a whip on me for what I had done. I retched and tried to keep the food and drink down. The root from before was

I whispered, “how many times will you Lash

my face before he

on how honest you can become with us. If we are satisfied we may not Lash you at all,”

and down and they Laughed

you escape, Ciara?”

with absolute honesty. I told them I liked to dive outside the cove to explore. Without missing a detail, I described the hole in the grate. They watched me stoically

I told them it had changed. As the ringed moon moved though its cycle in the sky,

long I had

change as I told them since the first day at the

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