As she’d been carried off, she had turned and looked back seeing him through the opening in the wall. Toya had been left standing there covered in blood but his voice had been strong as he screamed her name. Kyoko’s heart pounded hard with the need to get back to him and make that frightened look that was on his face go away.
Spinning around in the water, she pushed against Darious with her feet and hands then blinked wondering where he’d come from.
Kyoko's lips parted in awe, seeing nothing but clear blue sky above her. Where had the storm gone? Jerking her gaze back to Darious, she noticed the pain of rejection in his expression as he swam away from her and it gave her pause.
The water she was treading in was heated but it wasn’t a swimming pool… more like the most magnificent hot spr
