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I turned around

Not rips

Dune

Dune

If I made one misstep, I could unleash the power of the Mississippi and kill us all

Water Nothing but en atoms The compound thatme Liquid matter that could bend toin the atmosphere

"Dune Dune!"

Hallie

I held a finger up to ue was too far away to hear Hallie’s whispers, but I didn’t want to take any chances

"You’re on a boat," she whispered "In the river And you’re fine How?"

"Because you’re on a boat in the river, and I have to be fine to help you get back to dry land"

Her eyes softened, and in that moment, I wanted to touch her more than I wanted to breathe

"Hal, I have an idea, but we don’t have a lot of time, so you have to trust me"

"Tell me what to do"

"Don’t look at me, for starters"

She focused on the dock as I briefly explained the plan "I’ the river"

Hallie’s eyes ide "You’re going to use your ability"

"I don’t see any other options, and I’ue has Cat’s exotic et the necklace off It’s the et her into the veil"

"I’ll try" She straightened, and I flattened ue said her name

"Hallie Why aren’t you in the cabin?"

"I want to say a ood-bye to my childhood home Not that you understand why, because that would require e That was my cue

I breathed in and out and called the current It coht shift toward the opposite bank

Adjusting things too fast could cause an accident As it stood, it was only a matter of time before one of the deckhands noticed o, when I had asked the ocean for help and it gaveanswer Hallie stood on the boat deck, five feet away froain, shifting the flow a little un to loosen the ue wasn’t in position, and Hallie was still trying to take off the pendant

I closed e

"Stop! No!"

Hallie, in trouble My eyes flew open, expecting an out-of-control rip Instead, I saw Teague staring atShe grabbed Hallie’s ar her heels into the deck "Stop I won’t let you do this! I won’t do this"

Teague becahter behind her

Her intent ritten all over her face She was going to killto use Hallie to do it