276 Trapped Underwater

We ran for the lake as the fire elemental roared once more. Fire exploded out of it and chased after us. By the time we got underwater, fire had caught in our clothes and hair. We dove deep down the lake while the elemental sent fire ball after fire ball our way. We saw its bright shape above the lake's glacial water. 

I got deeper inside the lake and spread my senses around me. There were life forms all around us. They didn't feel friendly, not one bit. I felt a nudge inside my brain then opened my psionic link.

"I don't think the creatures down here will leave us alone," Heda said, panicked. 

"How did you not see this coming?" I asked. 

"I was trying to track the threads of fate to find the hidden entrance. I couldn't concentrate on ours at the same time. I told you this already," Heda replied, on the defensive. "None of us can fight underwater. If we go up, the fire elemental will grill us."