Chapter Nineteen'No! Bradan!' Shouting his name, Melcorka jumped into the water, desperate to recapture her man. She was too late. The rakshasa had already vanished, sliding into the depths from whence it had come.
'Bradan!' Melcorka yelled again, took a lungful of air, thrust Defender before her and dived as deep as she could. She could see nothing of the rakshasa, only the clear water and a few scurrying fish. Melcorka dived until she felt her lungs would explode, frantic in her searching, swimming until faintness forced her to surface.
Gasping, Melcorka glanced frantically from side to side. There was no sign of Bradan, and Jasweer's loola was two hundred yards away, sailing for the fleet. The safety of Rajaraja was more important than that of a stray foreign warrior. Gasping, Melcork
