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| Chapter Six |

| Sasha had misjudged the current. Its force was sucking her down, farther and farther into the dark water. Her lungs ached and burned as she fought to rise back to the surface. She was beginning to feel lightheadedeven saw remnants of her past flash before her mind's eye. |

| But suddenly she popped back to the surface. Thrashing her arms in the water, almost crazed from the need for air, she inhaled deeply, the air going down her throat like an elixir to her aching lungs. |

| Her eyes wild, she looked toward the bank on which Ashton was still struggling with the bullocks. She realized that he had no idea that she was in trouble. And if she didn't get help soon, she would be washed away like the debris that was floating past her. |

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