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My exhausted body slammed against the back door as I arrived home, and I needed to catch my breath before heading to my room. Upon entering and checking the front door, I was relieved to see that it remained locked.
My parents would have probably broken down this door if they had called out to me and I had not responded. So the fact that it was still intact meant they did not come to check on me.
Today was the longest swim from the surface as I raced against the rising sun. But I made it. I climbed into bed, my chest heaving up and down as I pulled the blanket over myself, but then it dawned on me: I had my tail back and could not be seen with it, so I sat up and looked at it.
For a moment, panic gripped me, but then I remembered what Dorian had said. He said my legs would tra
