Pure Blood 12+

📖 When Fye and Holidee fi nally reached the beach behind the house,Holidee jumped out of the salt water and ran to the shore. She only pausedan instant to look back at Fye with a look of gratitude. She ran as fast as shecould in her heavy jeans. She wrapped the baby sea otter in her wet camiso that its fur wouldn't dry out in the humid air. She struggled, tripped,and fell going up the wooden stairs because her legs were so tired. Shereached the grass and started to call Crix's name. She stumbled only oncein the grass but caught herself from falling.Crix heard her cries immediately and sprinted out of the houseworried that Holidee was hurt. He slowed down a little when he saw herdrop to the ground. Then he sped up again, his heart beating faster."Holidee," he called out of breath. Crix slid to a stop beside her. Thegrass was wet. Why was the grass wet? Then he noticed Holidee was soakedand only half dressed. Fear built up in him. He knelt down beside her andput his hand on her bare shoulder. She was freezing. Oh god, no."Holidee," he said softly, trying to calm himself down, "Holidee, whatis it? What's wrong?" He was about to say more, but Holidee lifted herhead and looked sadly at him. Crix couldn't tell her tears from the waterdripping from her hair. Her face was pale."I . . . I . . ." Holidee began. Then she looked back down. Crix noticedthat she was looking at something. "I tried. I did. I . . ." her voice trailedoff. S...