“ANDRÉ!!”
He was trapped under a slab of ice!
“GOD, NO—NOT HIM, HE’S JUST A CHILD!!”
Alexander arrived before me and dove headfirst into the hole; his huge white form sank easily into the icy water and was swallowed completely. Was it that deep? Seeing him disappear like that forced me to stop halfway, unconsciously. The lagoon wasn’t just quite deep, apparently—I also realized that I myself had been running over ice affected by the vibrations of the blast, and that was very dangerous. If it broke under my weight and I fell into that freezing water, hypothermia would kill me.
I choked back a cry of anguish and my knees nearly buckled when my fogged brain concluded that something similar—or worse—could happen to the wolves. That water was extremely cold!
I didn’t get a chance to do any
