CHAPTER FIFTEEN

MYLA'S POV

A metallic taste sticks to the back of my throat, I coughed but the sound got stuck in my throat, only to come out as silent gasps.

I opened my eyes and all I could see was darkness, and it was drowning me, pulling me to its depths, a promise of no return.

I struggled against it, fighting, pushing, trying my best to grab onto anything...something, but nothing was within my reach.

The darkness kept pulling me, a silent promise to bury me in its depth.

"Bitch! Leave him alone!"

"Your dad would be so disappointed in you when he finds out you lost his pack to a stranger."

"You're not their beloved daughter anymore."

"Bow to me, and maybe I'll have mercy."

No...no...no...

I shook my head.

I can't let them take me...

I can't let my fears consume me...

I struggled, this time twice as hard, searching for light.

Then I hear a voice calling me, it was the most beautiful voice I've ever heard.

I pulled on it desperately, I followed the voice, swimming my way to the top of the ocean.

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