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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 er able to hold my breath, I sed h 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 ained control over ed to reach the surface before sing a third gulp

Choking and wheezing, I grabbed hold of the closest solid thing totoo queasy to consider the consequences of heaving myself onto that vessel

I just needed solid deck beneath , 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 bathroo, I hoped that the dizziness in hed up yetof 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 huht not re 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

What the hell… I was about to atte thrown around when the boat finally becaroaned softly

Reaching for the latch, I opened the closet door and rolled out onto the floor