Chapter 26

Natasha

Two days have passed, and Hayden is still recovering in the tent. Some lady told me to try finding healing seashells and pointed me in the right direction. I want to help Hayden by making him a necklace. So I'm at the beach, listening to the mutated, two-headed seagulls while I'm feeling the sand between my toes.

So far, I've only found three healing seashells, but I'm having fun and hum to myself while my skirt dances in the wind. The locals gave me new clothes, and I'm eternally grateful to them since I don't need to wear my stinky, unwashed rags.

I keep bending down to turn around seashells to see if there is a slight shimmer to them. The waves push up against my legs. Everything is peaceful, until suddenly something massive breaks through the waves, screeching like a demon.

I slip and fall on my butt in the water, startled by the loud sound and the massive chest taking up my field of vision. My heart is beating a mile per second. What type