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“With who? Where?”
“With who? Where?”
"With Diara. In her cavern."
“Point me towards it.”
"I don't know from here," Moxiey replied. A new round of screams filled her head. She managed to ignore them until one wail broke above the rest. Moxiey paled, finding the strength to break free of Grayson's arms. "Brenna!" she shrieked, forcing her way through the waves.
“Moxiey!!” He dives after her and pulled her out of the water. “I will go get your family. Stay. Here.” He turned away.
"No!" Moxiey demanded with tears in her eyes.
“YES.” He demanded, taking a deep breath and diving under the surface.
Moxiey sobbed and watched him go. Suddenly, just as Grayson completely disappeared from her sight, something grabbed her legs and pulled her down. She didn't so much as have a chance to scream.
Grayson saw the mermaid city in the distance and swam quicker, his air supply decreasing rapidly.
Moxiey couldn't breathe… her lungs felt tight… something still had her leg in a particularly tight grip.
Grayson turned to make sure Moxiey wasn’t following him. He thought he saw a quick flash of her hair go behind a rock but if it wasn’t her he was just wasting time.
Everything was blurry. She tried to see what had her leg. A stream of bubbles erupted from her mouth and everything went black…
Grayson continued down to the castle, following the same path he and Moxiey had taken earlier. He saw black spots around his eyes and swam faster.
Diara was in the courtyard, alone. She saw Grayson swimming towards the castle and she grinned wickedly. She snapped her fingers and the current swept him back towards the surface. "I was expecting you later," she murmured.
Grayson felt himself get pushed backwards and cried out, choking with lack of oxygen. He used his last ounce of energy to swim back to the surface.
Diara grinned, seeing Lexter pull an unconscious Moxiey into the courtyard. "Very good," she purred to the shark. She picked Moxiey up gently and brought her to the air room. She laid Moxiey down on a table and left, locking the door behind her. "Now, for him," she said with an evil grin. She swam rapidly towards the surface, knowing that the boy hadn't seen her face, and changed her expression quickly to one of fear and worry. She poked her head up a couple feet away from him and whispered, "Psst!"
Grayson glanced around. “Who are you?”
She changed her voice to make it sound softer. Lighter. More… innocent. "My name is Brenna," she whispered.
(That escalated hella quickly)
“You can get me to Moxiey?”
Diara nodded, mimicking the shy personality of the young mermaid perfectly.
“Well can you take me to her?!”
She didn't offer to make him a bubble. She just took his wrist and swam quickly through the waves, dragging him behind her. "We're almost there," she said, internally cursing herself for letting her voice slip.
Grayson frowned a little but let her pull him along.
Once the castle came into view she slowed down. She cruised around the perimeter, passing for a split second by the large glass face of the air room…
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