The Haven High Book Series (Wattys2017)

Chapter 28

Xander came back with an elixir that made her invincible for 24 hours. It wouldn't matter how much the waves crashed or threw her around. No matter the force they would not crush her body.

Lauren came back with a spell that allowed her to see in the dark so she would know which way was up or down in the dark water. She also found one to give her the speed to get out of the way if she was heading for rocks.

Brenna came back with a charm that allowed her to breath under water. It was not that Mermaids can't breathe underwater, but there was no way to know if part of her father's wards would prevent her from taking her magical form. So yeah that was the crucial piece of her survival plan.

It was nearly midnight when the kids took to the beach. Dom drove them again, but this time he did less complaining about it. She had to smile when she thought he must be warming up to them.

The Sea Witch was waiting for them near the water her hair flying to the side in the breeze in silky green tendrils like seaweed would float in a strong current. When several of the guys sighed she seconded that emotion she was a sight to behold. In the distance dangling over the water again was poor Cameron in the weird greenish air bubble. She couldn't believe it was possible but he looked even sicker than the day before, but at least he was conscious.

His eyes tracked Megan mournfully. She mouthed I love you and he mouthed it back. That in of itself spoke volume about how he was doing physically. A lucid Cameron would be beside himself with worry and fight tooth and nail to keep her safe. She could only guess that he was barely lucid in the grips of his rejection.

There was a hard lump of fear in her throat, she felt physically ill, her heart was racing and she felt dizzy and weak, her palms were sweaty and she couldn't catch a breath. Her psyche knew she was doing this and her wards were fighting back with everything they had. She had to hope she had the strength to actually get in the water, because she realized now that if the witch had the power to manipulate her into the water in some why she would have done so years ago.

Still, Megan kept walking to the sea witch while staring daggers at the crone as her gang of friends walked behind her. She could only imagine what her friends would do to her if she didn't come out of the water in one piece. She smirked confidently at the magical being feeling like the luckiest girl in the world.

She returned her smile with a sneer and said, "I see you've brought some friends; I wasn't expecting an audience, but the more the merrier, they say, "she sneered.

Megan had nothing to say to the witch. She turned then and hugged each of her friends in turn and when she was done she yelled and I love you to Cameron, who was now pounding soundlessly on the inside of the bubble looking like he was screaming bloody murder. No doubt he was telling her not to do it and to let him die, but the die was cast. She'd made her pact with the devil and it was sink or swim for her – literally.

She stripped off her clothes not caring if anyone saw her naked form. There were so many more things to worry about. Like whether she was going to make it into the water with the weird black dots floating in front of her eyes or if she would just pass, right the fuck out before she got even got a toe wet. Megan tried to slow her breathing and relax, but she knew that wasn't going to happen so she did a mad dash for the surf and dove in before her body could complete shut down in the mother of all panic attacks.

When her body arced up into a dive to cut throw the first wave two things happen: first) the sea came alive and turned into a monster hell bent on taking her life and second) she blacked right out with fear. The dots formed into a solid black wall and she lost all sense of everything. She was powerless to her terror. Then it happened: the magic of the spells took over, she felt it course through her veins, and it woke her from her stupor.