ACT TWO. fish out of water.
CHAPER li. ❛ SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES! ❜
queen orlagh's kingdom,
the undersea.JUDE DUARTE WAKES UP TO A TERRIBLE PAIN, her limbs in a spasm amongst the cramps. She stirs to find herself in a cage, dangling down in the water. They were in the gardens once again, only Allura had come out of her shell ━━━━━━ literally. Instead, they'd been kind enough to grant her a matching cell. Jude rises in an unfamiliar gown: seahorse brown and bare on her stomach. This was to let the bandages breathe from where her best friend had stabbed her. The mortal felt a sudden spike of anger at the memory. And then it fades to admiration. Sure, Allura had nearly killed her. But in doing so, she had saved her life. She wondered if she'd been able to do the same.
"Allura," Jude remembers now and kneels at the bars of her enclosure. "Allura."
The faerie whimpers faintly.
"Allura, please."
When duty calls, the girl arises. "Jude?"
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