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That happened in the first second In the next one, the liquid tentacles wrapped around s And by the third, they'd pulled me down into middle of the creek

Chapter 23

So this is what it's like to drown

That was the thought that filled my led, of course, struggled with all ainst the tentacles wrapped around my body But it was like a hundred, cold, wet hands were twisting et a sense of what direction was up

Finally, I h to suck down a breath Then the tentacles were aroundme under once more

Over and over, the tentacles let en I knehat Salina was doing - the bitch was playing with ht she'd already won, that she'd already killedher victory over the Spider

And I couldn't figure out a way to stop her Cooper had warned ic ild, and slippery Every time I tried to pry off one of the tentacles wrapped around h it like the water it was Plus, she was strong in heras I was in ainstto be the death of me

At so me bob up and down like a Halloween apple, because the tentacles wrapped ed me down to the bottoht feet, but there was h for Salina to kill me with

Mud and rocks ground into h the creek The water was pure, sweet, and clear this high up in theabove ht she was s

But the worst part was that I could - I could see her through the water Standing beside the tub watching

Eva's words whispered in my mind I remembered what she had said about how Salina had watched her drown - and the pleasure the elemental had taken in it Now, all these years later, Salina was doing the sa to me

Not if I could help it

There was no use struggling against the tentacles, not nohen Salina had ainst the water that surrounded me like a wet tomb, like I was already halfway to drowned Not en left before I blacked out After that, the end would be quick

My Stone ic was useless in this situation, so I focused onit around me It was the only chance I had left - and I didn't even know if it would work If I had enough power to do what needed to be done in order to survive

Ten seconds passedtwentythirtyMy lungs burned a little reat I wanted to screa all of the Icehat I had stored infor the