Arise (Awakened Fate book 4)
“Fighting back impatience, I cast another look to Jirral while we swam through the twilight deep. We’d been giving wide berth to the hills where he thought mercenaries might be hiding, and out of self-preservation, we’d barely said a word in that time. All my attempts to go faster had been met with glares from Jirral, though. The fact he was in better shape than many dehaians half his age wasn’t the point. I’d won more than my fair share of races back home and had adrenaline working for me besides. Ina would stay with me – she was lightning fast when she wanted to be – but that meant nothing for him. He wouldn’t stand a chance of keeping up if we pushed any harder than we already were.
I was just having trouble caring. Not with the minutes ticking away.
The ocean floor started to drop lower beneath us and Jirral motioned for us to turn, a signal that the hills far to our left had finally ended. Cutting sharply toward the distant shore, I started swimming faster.
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