Without a second thought, Darragh dove into the water. The frigid depths rose up to meet him and, for a moment, he couldn't tell which way was up and which was down. He struggled to orient himself until, eventually, he spotted several strands of seaweed below. He began to swim in that direction, eyes darting around for any sign of Reyna or the horse.
It was only as he got closer that Darragh realized he'd already found them. The tangled mass of seaweed was the horse. He realized that he must be seeing the being as Griffin had seen it. When its head turned and it regarded Darragh with red-rimmed, black eyes, a shiver danced across his spine.
Now he could see Reyna, still atop the thing's back. He had no fear of her drowning - what he did worry about was whatever that monster was going t
