Zion’s world collapsed the moment Aliyah tumbled into the lake. His heart seized in his chest as she vanished beneath the shimmering surface, swallowed whole by the water that had already claimed too much. He stood frozen for a heartbeat, disbelief coursing through him, then, with a guttural roar, he bolted toward the edge.

"ALIYAH!" His voice shattered the early morning stillness, hoarse with desperation.

He was going in after her. He had to.

But just as his feet hit the ...