The Gatherer (Brilliant Darkness 2.5) - Plot & Excerpts
Cold water assaults my body as I plunge under the surface. Kicking and pushing up for air, I immediately search for Kaiya. She is ahead of me, struggling to keep her head above the swift current. My strokes slice through the water between us. Grimma taught Adar and me to swim when we were both Initiates. I hear her gruff voice now, ordering me to stay calm even as the river breaks over my head, rocks rip past my face, and water dives into my throat, choking me. "Roll onto your back, put your feet in front of you, and lie still," I tell the girl when I reach her. I get behind her, thread one of my arms under each of hers, and begin to scissor kick, towing her toward shore. Something splashes upriver. Blinking hard to see, I look back. Two men stand silhouetted at the edge of the bluff overhead. Kaiya's father is in the river. He tries to follow us, but he is clearly unaccustomed to such a fierce swim. The heavy current fights him. The shore curves ahead, creating a small pocket of calm water.
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