I can’t believe that Algris could be this evil. He just gave me an ultimatum. I can’t let Oceania fall before I have a chance to save it and going to Algris to hand me over to whomever he works for is just as bad. I was lost right now. Lost and all alone. The tears streamed down my face. I have failed. I failed my parents who believed in me. I failed Heather. I failed Flint and Travis and Avari and Helen and Bill and Shelly. I’m a failure. I was beating myself up on the inside if only I had faced the reality of my life, this wouldn’t be happening. A distant singing stopped me. It was coming from the water. The voices grew louder as it came closer.
I shut my eyes in case it was something sent to kill me. I did not expect to hear people talking over me. “What is it?” one voice said. “It’s
