Storm
I had been running for hours when the ground suddenly dropped away ahead of me.
I skidded to a stop.
Water.
A massive body of it stretched out before me, disappearing into the darkness beneath the pounding rain.
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
I paced along the shoreline, searching for a way around it.
Nothing.
The lake seemed to stretch forever in both directions.
I growled in frustration.
The scent trail was on the other side.
I had two choices.
Find another route and risk losing Lilly’s scent completely…
Or swim.
I looked at the freezing, churning water.
“f**k it.”
There was no way I was turning back.
I plunged into the lake.
The cold hit me like a physical blow.
My entire body seized for a moment as the icy water swallowed me, and every instinct screamed at me t
