Jasmine's POV:
Lawrence's guttural howls continued without end.
Jack scrambled to direct the wolves in a frantic rescue attempt. The scene was utter chaos.
No one paid any attention to my "body" lying on the ground.
The tide came in. Waves rolled onto the shore. The healer quietly pushed me into the rising water.
No one noticed. No one cared. The sea swept me away with the current.
I drifted with the tides, carried farther and farther from the shore.
Three hours later, I regained consciousness.
I had trained for this moment—hours of diving practice. The second my mind cleared, I forced myself to the surface, fighting through the pain, and swallowed the recovery pills I had hidden in my clothes.
I turned and made my way to the pack I'd stashed behind the nearby rocks. I stripped of
