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Even as I tried, I wasn’t sure I could do it I’d never tried this before, had never even known it was possible But soy of the current--of the ocean itself--before it was too late
Closing th fro, cerulean light that wove through the whole world around me Kind of like a net, it permeated all parts of the ocean as far as I could see I reached out to touch it, felt a jolt rip throughI’d ever felt before--a et hit by one of ined it would feel like
Ignoring the pain of touching a y inside of th, the potency, that the ocean was offering ht blue electric net zapped o on even as it shocked hfaster, the swish of ing through Jell-O than swi to brush againstme, I knew, and I braced ainstExcept an odd jolt that addedinside ofelse, however, because that one lengthy touch had hi in the opposite direction as fast as he could Part ofto build up speed--if he was going to coreat whites were known for I really didn’t want to be shaken to death in the grip of soht of it had y as I e neer interlace with the ocean I reached the edges of Kona’s territory a few minutes later, a fact that shocked me as I would have sworn I was nearly an hour away Maybe I was even worse at this underwater-navigation thing than I’d thought I was
Either way, I’d never been so relieved to see any place in my entire life
Guards met me at the border They took one look at my injuries and called for help Within e that led back to the surface to a s They’d taken me to Kona’s brother’s territory because the clinic waslike being the girlfriend of the selkie crown prince to have everyone ju to keep you alive
It’s not like I was in any position to argue, though The influx of energy I’d gotten from the ocean had faded as I swam those last miles, until I was now so exhausted and woozy that I could barely keepkeeping
Whatever the healer found etting a blood transfusion--directly frorossed out h to fully understand as going on As it was, I was hanging on to consciousness by a thread and didn’t have the energy to argue about so that was pretty coth in blood, and in bloodlines The purer your blood, the stronger it is--and the more talents you have That’s why I have such power--because my mother, Cecily, had even more and passed much of it on to est blood around--it’s where their healing talent co th Kind of what I iined a speed cocktail would be like, only a lot healthier
As soon as the blood hit my veins, I started to feel better Less dizzy, h my tail still burned like hell itself Of course, that could be because he was prodding at it and s I would have been better off not hearing Things like near amputation of caudal fin, breach of membranes, lucky to be alive … Needless to say, his bedside manner left a lot to be desired
Once the transfusion was over, the healer pulled out a couple of very big, very long needles, and that’s when I nearly lost it There are only two things in the world I’m truly afraid of without just cause--needles and sharks (although after having alto do with those?" I de for a whole different reason than blood loss
"One’s a painkiller It will stop you fro me clean out your wound and stitch you up The other is an antibiotic shot, to stop infection"
"Can’t I just take pills?" I babbled "I swear, if it keeps you fro, I will neverto be in the ocean It’s kind of hard to keep pills dry down there"