Aliana’s POV
The water closed in around me...
Above, I could see Dikaios’s body, floating in what looked like a starry night.
It was beautiful...
It was terrifying!
Darkness swarmed me, and it felt like I was being swallowed whole! One moment, I was clinging to Ani’s limp body. The next I was yanked downward, deeper and deeper into blackness.
My arms flailed and my lungs burned!
But it was as if the shadows themselves had hands, pulling me lower into their cold embrace. The sheet around my body had turned into chains that were dragging me into a cold depth that robbed me of air...
The world narrowed to darkness, alive and shifting.
Frightening with its welcoming embrace...
Panic tore through me!
I kicked, I clawed at the silk, trying to tear it off my body. But suddenly it felt
