get back to the water's surface... it may be important, after all...

Alandra grimaced with regret and kicked her way back slowly to the surface. The one day she'd hoped to be left alone and even that was taken from her. Still, though, she had her duty to her people and she wouldn't shirk it.

As she broke through the surface, flinging her long white hair back away from her face, she turned to where she knew the shout had originated...