The others gaped as the waterspout spiralled up into sky and soared out of sight. Water droplets rained down everywhere, the only sign it had been there at all. Kai swallowed, gazing at the space it"d occupied. The river had calmed completely, and the rushing of its current was steady and even.
‘Yusumi?’ he called weakly, trying to comprehend what had happened. Leaving Xanna with Jidan, he stumbled into the shallows, turning on the spot to examine every direction. There was no sign of her anywhere, not even a few strands of hair or a torn piece of her tunic. ‘I do not understand.’
‘Kai,’ Xanna said softly behind him. She was clutching the back of her head where it"d been cut, but was managing to stand, if a little unsteadily. ‘She is gone.’
‘But where? Where is she? She could not have j
