Chapter 28: The play begins
Noctis’ eyes widened as he immediately reeled himself in and moved his body once again with all his remaining strength.
’What in the name... name of is all... is she doing..?’
Feeling the urgency, Noctis moved once again.
Moving a little forward and down, Noctis pivoted his body and went straight toward the surface, steeling his heart and desperately controlling his body to not move on reflex.
To his immense relief his thinking was proven true as with a splash of water, this time Noctis finally came out of water as he landed upon the very surface of the water, hard and ice-cold as he took large breaths as if his lungs were on fire.
In between he coughed out the icy water as he trembled and quivered intensely.
Teeths chattering his body fell upon the surface in a fetal position, his hands between his thighs and head arched towards his chest, as he tried to search for some warmth to alleviate his pain.
All to no avail as the freezing surface and the air kept cutting into his body.
His vision blurred as his ears kept ringing. Exhaling cold air Noctis tried to run his hands together to generate some heat.
Despite being able to move, his hands refuse to cooperate with his commands.
’I-i... ne-need to move. The shadow... moving... again.... Haah... haah... cold... too cold...’