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CHAPTER 67
~Spring's POV~
The first hit of water was ice and thunder. The force of the initial wave nearly tossed me backward. I forced my arms forward, slicing through the current.
Fae illusions flickered in the water around me—schools of phantom fish, gleaming beasts with snapping jaws—but I didn't slow.
"They're not real," I muttered to myself.
Tide after tide surged and magic spiraled.
A whirlpool tried to yank me down. I twisted quickly, spun out, kicked harder.
I could see Lilith was to my left. We were evenly paced.
"Faster Solstice."
I tried to ignore Jade. She knew that if it were me in my past life, turbulence like this wouldnt matter much.
I had once swam and survived a tremendous water fall, bound.