Chapter 237: Chapter 237: Rescue

There was no thought, no inhale, nothing but panic and instinct. I dove into the water after Petunia, hands grasping desperately for the disappearing leash end that trailed away from me far too quickly. The water wasn't that deep, but it was deep enough and dark, the inkiness of it engulfing me as I propelled myself beneath the cold surface of the lake after my pug's plummeting form.

Time stood still, my chest aching from the lack of breath I'd failed to take, my eyes stinging from something tainting the water, heart pounding doing nothing to help me conserve the little oxygen I had in my lungs, in my system, to sustain me for the dive.