The water was cold and dark.
The lights around the pool went one one after the other, taking away her sense of vision along with the others.
Water filled her ears, roaring like a beast about to devour her whole. The feeling of helplessness started to creep through her skin to the bones.
Alyna filled her cheeks with the leftover air in her lungs and pursed her lips tightly to let it stay. The ceaseless flapping of her limbs bore no result as she kept sinking to the bottom like a weighted anchor.
"Alyna." Rina's voice made her stop fighting against the ride. "You have endured enough."
"Let me out. You may not want it. But I want my revenge. I lost my mate too. I lost my mother too. I lost as much as you did, Alyna. Don't take this away from me."
Alyna looked up at the surface of t
