NovelEnglish“And what’s wrong with my voice? Why do I hurt? What happened today?” I continued to ramble
“Today?!”” Master Kein laughed. “Ciara, you have been feverish and delirious for nearly two day cycles. Brothers, bring it more to drink and something to eat.”
I sat in stunned silence as they bustled around gettingfood and more water. I took what they gave me gratefully although my throat was really sore. I could not figure out what they were talking about.
My most recent memories were flashbulbs of nightmares: the deep dark black, a slimy pink tentacle, and their irate faces floating over me.
It took a while for the memories to solidify in my mind. As a rush, the timeline cback to me.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMy eyes went wide when I realized. I nearly choked on what I had been eating. It hadn’t been a bad dream. I had been in the ocean, way out in the ocean. Something had grabbed me. I had been pulled under and I had been drowning.
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Hurriedly I looked around and grabbed the closest man to me. He felt real. Master Evan felt like he always did, hard muscle and warm skin.
He was looking atcuriously.
Tears started to streak down my face when what Master Bane said made sense. They were going to a lay a whip onfor what I had done. I retched and tried to keep the food and drink down. The root from before was presented toand I took it.
“Please Masters,” I whispered, “how many times will you Lash me?” I was really crying now.
Master Christof wiped my face before he answered.
“It depends on how honest you can becwith us. If we are satisfied we may not Lash you at all,” he said cooly.
My head bobbed up and down and they Laughed at my gesture.
“How did you escape, Ciara?” Master Damien asked.
I answered them with absolute honesty. I told them I liked to dive outside the cove to explore. Without missing a detail, I described the hole in the grate. They watchedstoically and I rambled on without thought.
They heard about the current and agreed when I told them it had changed. As the ringed moon moved though its cycle in the sky, so did the current. Everyone in the room was already aware of that.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMaster Damien calmly asked how long I had been going out in the ocean.
Their faces didn’t change as I told them since the first day at the Keepers. I apologized profusely. They just ignored me.
I asked hesitantly what the mark on my leg was.
Master Evan laughed, “You are Like us now,” he said pointing to the mark on his shoulder.
“Yes,” I insisted, “I understand we both have tattoos, but where did mine cfrom Masters?”
“You were grabbed by a creature in the ocean, we call it a fleint. It grabs it’s prey and drags it down, consuming it once it gets to the bottom. It is shocking you were not grabbed sooner. They are everywhere outside the currents. The tentacle releases chemicals into it’s prey.
In you those chemicals must mark the skin,” Master Bane answered.
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