Hayden struggled to pull her out of the bog which had swallowed her body to the waist. Tears streamed down his face as all the veins in his arms and face pushed forward to pull her out. His feet shifted and he was getting pulled into the bog along with her.
"I am sorry Helena. I can't get you out," he begged, starting to let her go.
"Hayden, no, please," she begged in tears. The bog had swallowed her up to the neck, and her hand still reached out desperately.
"I am sorry," he said, tears coming out of his own eyes, "I have to let you go."
As the bog started to swallow her, and her face was the only thing left above, her face morphed into Alexia's.
"Alexia!" he yelled, trying to grasp her hand, just as the bog swallowed her face. His efforts were futile as her whole body disappeared in
