Chapter 31
Two meters beneath the surface of the Lagoon of Dreams, I hung face to face with a very large, very green creature, with very golden eyes.
The wedge-shaped head nodded slowly as if in answer to the thoughts that swirled through my mind.
I would have launched myself at him, but bubbles of air once again escaped through my nose and mouth more rapidly than I would normally allow, and with a strong kick of my feet I shot back up to the surface. I treaded water while I tried to catch my breath, waiting, wondering what would happen next.
Nothing.
He’d left me there.
And I erupted in fury. I inhaled, exhaled, and inhaled again, that final breath one I knew would last for at least four minutes. I dove and saw a finned foot vanish into that stygian mouth in the riverbank.
I follow
