“And hopefully get some help from the shadows.”
Brax nodded. We looked behind us as there was a huge crash. The cave collapsed behind us, debris and dust rushing toward us. We had run out of time. I took a deep breath and jumped with Brax, sinking into the water as he dragged me along through the cave opening.
It was just as hard as last time to get my limbs to work in the water as well as his did. But it was the pain in my head that had me fighting my consciousness.
Blood trickled into the water, leaving a trail behind us as Brax hauled me up toward the surface, dodging the black spikes in the lake bed once again.
He almost got us there too. The lake surface was close enough to touch when something wrapped around my ankle again. I didn’t struggle; I didn’t even try to fight it bec
