"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 30 - The Reunion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

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It was happening again. Unbelievably, it was happening again.

A woman was drowning. Not the dreaded leader of an alien force. Just a
woman. Alone in a roiling sea. Defenseless. Vulnerable.

My mother.

There was no way I could let it happen again.

I powered toward her. My arms strained with each stroke. My legs kicked
wildly.

Hold on. Hold on!

So close. Close enough to see her straining to keep her head above the
cold black water.

Then I was on her, one arm around her shoulders, the other paddling
madly to keep us afloat.

"Hold on!" I cried. "I've got you!"

2 She looked up at me, wet hair plastering her face. Then she spoke.
"Thank you, Marco."

"Mom . . ."

"I'm free, Marco. I'm free!"

And then a powerful current swept her out of my grasp and sucked her
under the glittering surface of the midnight ocean.

"No! No, no, no!"

I dove. The salt stung my eyes. I pushed deeper and deeper into the
darkness. My lungs ached but I would not allow it to happen again. I
would not let her go! Not when she was free. Not ...

"NO!"

"Marco? Are you okay?"

I shot up straight as a board. Where . . . ? My bed, my room. My father.

I put my hands to my head and looked at the picture of my mother that
sat on my nightstand.

"You okay?" he repeated.