Chapter 92 Down Into The Ocean

The boat couldn't move fast enough for Mirabel. She held onto the boat, staring back at the cliff in the growing distance, grime which she had almost fallen from on her first day here. It seemed like such a long time ago. Like a bad dream, Mirabel was relieved that it was over now. Or so she thought. It started like indistinguishable noise, like maybe a drunken brawl, or the guests yelling at one of the boats to get filled up quickly. Until heavy searchlights beamed down from the shore, and the cliff, right on the boat. “Stop that boat! Stop that boat!” Her heart dropped into a hole without depths, at the sound of those words. The few people on the boat with her began complaining and murmuring, watching the commotion taking over the shore. Even through the distance, Mirabel could see Darius, his hulking form dashing about menacingly. He and a few other men were getting on the next boat, to come in pursuit. Her entire body began to shut down in utter terror. She could not let