Chapter 31By the time Gabe walked out of the water in the fading sunlight, my panic had dissipated. I hopped off his back. He pulled the water out of my clothes and hair. Instead of letting it fall into the Columbia River, he kept it hovering in the air alongside us.
“You know what? I think I’m going to use this as armor. Because who knows what your mom is going to do to us. And enough water to encase someone might come in handy.”
“I like your plan.” Mine didn’t involve anything so concrete—save Drew, stop Mom, survive.
“Thanks.” The water surrounded him as if it had a membrane holding it in a shell the same shape as his body. “I’m not used to this binding with you guys, but I think Drew is that way.” He pointed into the woods.
“Now that you mention it, yeah.” I saw my link to Drew dis
