Violet began to swim but did not seem to be getting any closer to the edge of the pool. Her limbs started feeling weak and she was not sure how long she could keep swimming before her body gave up. She was just a speck of debris in a wide bottomless ocean. She stopped for a moment, to rest her aching limbs and try to figure out what was happening.
It was hard to pick the different sounds apart, but it seemed that the werewolf noises had stopped. She could not hear any growling.
Then she heard something that filled her with relief. Somebody calling her name. And that somebody was not Chase.
"Violet, where are you?" called Tiara.
"Here!" said Violet, waving her arms around and kicking like mad to stay afloat. "I am here in the pool!"
Tiara stepped up to the edge of the pool, appearin
