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Prologue: Micah

I didn’t knohat had become of Rose and Caleb

I just hoped that, unlike et away

After the white witch had eed froed to leap into the water

Shortly after that, ht of them

Beneath the waves, unable to even kick up toward the surface, I was sure that I would die in those waters

The waves began to suck ain, until ainst the underside of the hull

No longer able to hold my breath, I sed my first mouthful of seawater

Even though the sea water stung my eyes, I forced them open

Staring up at the lightening sky through the dark waters, I was so sure that would bedeeper and deeper toward the sea bed

A second gulp of seawater

It wouldn’t be long now

But then, in a wave of energy that rushed froertips, whatever spell that white witch had cast on me lifted suddenly

I regained control over my limbs

Kicking furiously, I ulp

Choking and wheezing, I grabbed hold of the closest solid thing tonear the base of the boat

I was feeling too queasy to consider the consequences of heaving myself onto that vessel

I just needed solid deck beneath me

Hauling , I rolled over and landed on the deck

Keeping low against the floor, I crawled toward the steps leading down to the lower deck and, tue cupboard beneath the tub in the bathroom and locked myself inside

Trying to steady o away as I coughed up yet more seawater

I reof the closet

I took deep, steady breaths, and finally as the faintness in hts to what I should do next

I sniffed the air, trying to detect the scent of the witch

While I detected it still, soh for her to be on this boat

I sniffed the air again

On the other hand, I sensed t scents that I hadn’t experienced before

It was hard for me to pinpoint exactly what they were—certainly not human, vampire, or olf

But so enough to find out

Shifting onto my side in the narrow container, I h the vessel

Its force knocked ainst the wooden panel behind me

For what felt like the next ten ainst the sides of the closet

Then, as though the boat had pluainst the roof

My stomach lurched