Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy, #3)

by Lauren Roberts

When I finally throw open the door, I screech at the figure standing behind it. “Kai!” I’m forced to yell over the storm despite my relief at seeing him. “What is—” My eyes fall to the dark shadow spilling slowly down the hallway. It takes me a moment to realize what it is I’m looking at. And what it means. Water. The waves are crashing over the ship, readying to swallow us all— His hands are suddenly on my hips, pushing me back. “You need to stay in this room!” Thunder growls all around us, shaking the very floors we stand on. Kai is kicking the door shut, closing us in this room, this watery grave. I shake my head at him, at the feel of panic rising up my throat. “No. No, I can’t be locked in here, Kai! Not now!” A crack of lightning shadows his stern features. He cups my face, holding me steady when the ship lurches. “Do you trust me?” A trickle of water seeps beneath the door. Like Death’s cold finger, it reaches for me. “Pae?” His shout forces my gaze back to him. I nod shakily. “I do. I did even when I shouldn’t have.” “I know the feeling.” He presses his forehead to mine, breathing soft words across my skin. “So I need you to stay in this room with me until we are told otherwise.”