As Kassie grabbed my hand and lunged into the air with me, my heart lurched despite my readiness. The wind tore at my face, salt spray stinging my eyes.
In one moment, we were on the ship. In the next, a powerful gale of wind carried us both — though the gale was Kassie herself, the raw generation of her own force, lifting us through the chaos of spray and storm.
'Too far!'
But it wasn't enough. There was no way we were going to close the distance between the two entwined beasts and the ship with a single leap. The gap yawned beneath us, churning water and writhing flesh.
'There's no way she wouldn't have thought of that…'
I tried to calm my mind. In the same breath, something sparked beneath us — a whirlwind formed, swirled once, and vanished. Both of us dropped onto Cindy instead of plunging straight into the churning water.
