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Chapter 12: The Mortal Verse

XANDER:

Seven of us dive into the water, searching the ground for a source. The rush of water is coming from below, not above, but I can’t find anything. Not a single hole, just rock solid concrete.

I search like my life depends on it—because my life does depend on it. It submerges us. We have seconds left.

“Over here!” someone shouts, “There’s a hole...I need something to clog it.”

I swim over to Mae and pull her up to the little space that’s left between the ceiling of the room and the mass of water.

“What are you doing, Xander?”

“Give me your jacket!”

I pull it off her and swim over to the source of the voice. It’s Darius. He takes it from me and we swim to the bottom. I see Xaden dive right after us. The second the hole in the ridgeline between the floor and the wall is clogged, the water stops rising.

Darius Raken is still distracted. Xaden comes from behind and breaks his neck. The Founder's body drops to the floor as we swim up for air through the bloody water.

I whi
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