The Fated Series
In his hand gleamed a knife, the blade hungry under the dim bulb.
“Running again?” he drawled. His eyes found Evandra, dazed and half-submerged below, and he smiled. “Pathetic.”
Jalen tried to step forward, blocking him, but his body betrayed him. Jack moved like lightning, surging past him with brutal grace. The knife flashed and sank deep into Jalen’s chest.
Jalen gasped, air punched from his lungs, blood blooming across his shirt as he crumpled to his knees.
“No!” Evandra screamed, trying to rise, water dragging at her limbs as she slowly sank deeper into the water.