Kieran doesn't hesitate for a single second. He leaps off, plunging straight into the freezing river.The icy water hits his chest like a hundred sharp knives, knocking the breath from his lungs.The current is wild and violent, pulling at his legs and slamming him against hidden rocks, but Kieran fights through it with frantic, terrifying strength.He cuts through the water, his eyes fixed entirely on her lifeless form drifting away the more he swims.Finally, he reaches the drifting log, his hands grabbing Morgana’s small, ice-cold waist.He pulls her off the jagged wood, holding her tightly against his chest with one arm while kicking wildly against the current with his legs. He moves her hair, just to be sure, and it's really her.“I have you,” he gasps, swallowing mouthfuls of the salty river water. “I have you... stay with me!”He drags her toward the nearest muddy shore, hauling her wet, heavy body out of the water and laying her flat on the patch of green grass beside the bank
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