Atherean Defenders: Red Morning (Excerpt)
A deafening, bone-crunching impact was heard below as something hit the water with so much force that droplets shot several feet up. Instinctively, she Reached out to her brothers even as she turned…and could only feel Jayce. His attention was now entirely focused on Darryl, and Bethany realized with horror that she had been given the wrong rope; Darryl’s swung lifelessly in the breeze, hanging from the bridge.
Bethany heard Jayce use the knife he kept at his ankle to cut his own rope and fall freely into the water.
Then all was silent.
Not even the seagulls could be heard after a moment. The world went still.
Bethany Reached and nothing conscious came back; only wrenching, horrible agony from deep within the water. She stifled tears as she tried not to imagine how much pain the fall had caused Darryl. Strangely, she could no longer feel Jayce.
Suddenly exhausted as she realized she had not stopped flapping her new wings, Bethany hung in the air and dropped slowly towards the water. She frowned, certain that her eyes were playing tricks; the water appeared discolored as she drew closer, opaque and…
…by Yang, is that a leg…?!
(c) Avery K. Tingle for Akting Out LLC
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