93. The finish line

[Zephyr’s POV]

I lost my consciousness to ‘I want to be the mother of your children’ reverberating in every inch of my body and gained my consciousness to Diana’s voice, but the words were for someone else, something else.

“If the rainforest is going to flood, you should come with us, Arran. Please,” Diana was dressed in her wet clothes. No need to dry anything. Everyone was wet anyway.

Arran impassively peered at Diana through the rain slithering down his face.

“Mind your own business,” Arran said.

“We need to leave. The water level is rising. The bank near the river is already underwater,” Reese said, and I noticed we were on the highest slope near the bank of the river. Our campsite was deep under the violent water hurling in the heavy downpour. “We already have a liability.” Reese looked down at me.

I was lying on the ground, surrounded by the others.

“Look, the liability is awake…” Reese said obnoxiously.

“Zeph!” Diana squatted near me. “Zeph! Are you ok?” She looked at my wound a