All thought of fatigue vanished with every repeat of the Orca’s ambassador whistle. Pheyus, along with Elleshas, raced toward the origin of the call. The other Stellars had immediately bolted toward the safety of the company, where they presumably were trying to keep everyone from raging in panic. Pheyus knew the Stellars were probably too terrified themselves to even bother.
Pheyus understood the terror. He was swimming directly toward it. From the sound, Pheyus believed it was Prachtig, either alone or with his pod. It definitely wasn’t the transients he and Shayla had encountered. The voice was far too refined. Both Pheyus and Elleshas scanned the area with a wide range of echo shocks, which returned with the images of over thirty Orcas. The two Stenella nearly stopped cold. There had
