I strained out my chest, trying not to take a breath, but it was taking everything in me.
“Brax,” I urged in the link.
“Get her out of there,” Derik snapped down the link, but Brax was still searching.
“It’s here; it has to be,” he said back as I gripped the cliff. Black spots started appearing in my vision, and I grabbed Brax. He cursed down the link a second before something gripped my ankle.
My air whooshed out in a tornado of bubbles, a scream escaping when whatever had grabbed me tugged me down.
Panic filled my aching chest, and I reached for Brax. He grabbed my hands, trying to pull me back, fighting whatever had me, his biceps straining as his own face looked like air would be really good right about now.
“Get out of there!” Kai roared down the link.
“Don’t let
