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"What is it?" Derek said, his voice a mixture of nervousness and i to believe ht next to thatDerek’s hand, I raced with him to the jetty and ju there

"Navigate us toward that submarine," I said

"Sofia, what the--"

"You’ll see," I said breathlessly "Just get us there quickly!"

He gave up trying to get an answer out of o

I could see the belly of the submarine beyond the boundary as we approached It was a small one, and it was… oddly faht next to it I left the control room and climbed out of the hatch In the time that it’d taken us to travel here, another person had cli on top of its roof

A man and a woman

Almost twenty years older than when I had last seen them

Cameron and Liana Hendry

Chapter 11: Sofia

My voice caught in h our subasped, his voice hoarse

The redheaded man swiveled in our direction and looked around blindly

"Derek?" he whispered, squinting "Is that you?"

My heart leapt to hear his voice for the first ti Cam’s Scottish accent was still as thick as ever

Without warning, Derek dove into the ocean and resurfaced on the other side of the boundary He gazed up at his two old friends whom he had shared centuries of his life with

I leapt into the water too and swam until I bobbed in the waves next to Derek

Cahter while Liana squealed at the sight of the two of us The lines in Liana and Caed faces showed as they beamed The couple bent down and stretched out their hands to us--but Derek and I could ht cause them to slip and fall into the water

We cliht e