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

looking at me

face when what Master Bane said made sense. They were going to a lay a whip on me for what I had done. I retched and tried to

I whispered, “how many times will you

my face

become with us. If we are satisfied we

up and down and they Laughed at my

you escape, Ciara?” Master

to explore. Without missing a detail, I described the hole in the grate. They watched me stoically and

heard about the current and agreed when I told them it had changed. As the ringed moon moved though its cycle in the sky, so did

I had been going out in the

since the first day at the Keepers. I apologized profusely. They just

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