Nearby, Russ surfaces, dragging Nora with him.
Miles emerges next, still holding the little girl against his chest.
Lucas coughs violently near a concrete embankment.
“Gabriel!” Hannah shouts.
No answer.
Panic spikes instantly.
Then—
twenty feet downstream—
Gabriel bursts from the water, dragging Eli with him.
Eli’s unconscious.
Oh no.
Gabriel fights the current hard, trying to keep Eli above water while the river keeps pulling both of them under.
Without thinking, I start toward them.
“Hannah, no!” Clay grabs me instantly.
“He’s drowning!”
The river surges violently between us and Gabriel.
Too dangerous.
Way too dangerous.
But Gabriel sees me trying anyway.
And suddenly he shouts—
“STAY BACK!”
Brother.
Not operative.
Brother.
He shoves Eli toward us through the current just as another massive wave crashes between them.
Eli slams into Clay.
Clay catches him immediately.
But Gabriel disappears beneath the water.
No.
No no no no—
