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I watched his chest fill up with air every time I breathed into hi, puertips start to tingle with it I could hear Jade on her phone calling for an a into Noah

And just when panic was really setting in, he started coughing and spewed sea water all over me I leaned him to the side and he vomited salty water all over the sand I took a shaky breath and slu with relief My hands were shaking but the pain in my birthmark had stopped

Noah wiped his mouth with his hand and propped himself up on his elbow

"Lockhart, you know, if you wanted to kissand I smiled, but then just as quickly wanted to punch hile hiod How could you have done that to us? You al inhihtly on the back She looked up at me

"I’m sorry, Macy It washieous eyes atery and I stared at her in shock

"Seriously? U to accept the blame for this This this was the result of his own stupidity"

"You’re right," Noah answered quietly "I’s through"

"You’ve got that right!" I shot back "As in never!"

ButAt least he understood that he was stupid As I si at ain

"Uestured toa little "I thought we already ascertained that I’ for your necklace It’s not there"

My hand flew to ht My bloodstone was gone I wanted to hyperventilate, but had to pretend that I was fine Not an easy feat My bloodstone was everything I juot to find it," I announced "I’m sorry but that necklace is special to me and I----"

"I know," Gavin interrupted so find it Jade, can you keep an eye on Noah?"

She nodded, by this ti it for all it orth I rolled lanced down, he quickly closed his eyes I rolled rief I had been all the way out to the buoy so ine the consequences The Moirae would kill rasped my elbow from behind "Macy, calm down We’ll find it"

I had my doubts, but I followed hi at the point where you found Noah," he called over his shoulder "It probably got pulled off ere wrestling hi the sea floor, co up everelse you could think of broken glass, a marble, an old can, a Frisbee, a shoe but not my necklace

Dread formed in the very depths of my belly, but for reasons that I didn’t understand, htest Odd I dove back under and scoured the ocean bottoain As I patted the sand and silt withh the ers around the chain, I shot up to the surface and the light froh of relief and clutched it tightly toto Gavin that I had found it, I headed back to shore I crawled onto the sand and collapsed into a heap The emotional and physical stress had drained me I literally felt weak

Gavin dropped next to me as I picked slilad you found it," he murmured "I kno much you love that necklace

Here, let me fasten it for you" Before I could stop him, he reached over and pulled the pendant frorew instantly still and stiff, his eyes fixated on the distant horizon, as if I was no longer even there I knew exactly as happening as a million expressions flitted over his face It had happened to me a hundred tis took over his handsome features in a just a minute’s time as the bloodstone flooded him with visions

I overca him to face me

Out of the corner of ain They couldn’t overhear whatever it was that Gavin was going to say about his visions

"Gavin, snap out of it," I firht here"

Gavin’s liquid brown eyes stared worriedly at ether in puzzlement and confusion

"Harmonia?"

I sucked in Harmonia? I stared at hihts before I snapped myself out of it Noas not the time No matter how much I wanted to find out who Harmonia was, I could practically feel Jade and Noah’s breath on my neck

"Gavin, you’ve had a shock It’s okay- it’s et him to focus on mine

He stared back at me like I was an idiot

"I knoho you are," he replied "Did I hit ?"

He looked puzzled, but only by otten the visions and the fact that he had just calledThe bloodstone must have a different effect on hi with me somehow

Suspicion bubbled up withinthem at the moment