The two of them shot through the dense lake water like arrows loosed from a bow, racing straight toward the white light.

The fissure rushed closer, the glow growing blindingly bright.

Jared could feel it.

Within that light was a force that made the blood in his body surge.

It resonated with the chaotic force inside him.

Every inch of his body trembled, as if something deep within him had suddenly awakened.

Then they plunged into the light.