Page 151 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

A Fall

The shock of icy waters

hit my body first.

Warmed by the Elysian sun,

I had forgotten cold

almost entirely

until this moment.

And when I opened my eyes,

all I could see was darkness

like a night with no stars

and no glowing moon.

But still, something

pulled at my feet

dragging me down

through the waters

as though hooks

had been threaded

through my ankles.

For the first time

I thanked my immortality.

For at least I could breathe

underwater.