Everything happened so fast for Lukas. One moment he was helping the injured Beta out of the river and the next moment he heard Tiffany yell Verity's name. There she was, suspended in the air by the witch's invisible clutch. He dived back into the river, yelling and trying to swim across. He heard a loud crash and saw Verity's familiar raven hair floating a good distance from him. "She dropped her, the f*****g witch tossed her back into the river like a damn trash," he thought He moved furiously, willing every bone in his body to swim fast. Then it happened, something was happening to the river. He could hear Tiffany and Samantha's voices from the bank and he could feel Jamal diving right behind him. The river felt weird like it was changing tides. His eyes flickered to the witch and

