Daylight, a Timeless Series Novel by Lisa L Wiedmeier Page A

as long as I can, but he’ll pester you mostly because he likes you. He couldn’t stop talking about you .”
    My eyes narrowed. “He was talking about me?”
    Andre raised a dark brow. “Yeah, even with what happened, he could see how great your powers are going to be. He said once you can control them, you’ll be an unstoppable force.”
    “Right, ” I mumbled. “I’m nothing but a child who can’t do anything right.”
    She shook her head.
    “He didn’t mean it like that, Cheyenne.”
    “No one ever does.” I grasped my Servak ring. I’d made too many mistakes that day and the days leading up to it , and now everyone here was going to rub my face in it.
    Andre rose. “I’m going for a swim . Want to come?”
    “I don’t have a swimsuit on.”
    “Neither do I.” She smirked, stripping off her clothes. “Underwear works.” She ran past me and dove into the water, gasping as she came up. “Holy crap, it’s cold!”
    I couldn’t help but smile. I rose and neared the water’s edge. I spread my fingers out over the surface and watched the ripples. I suddenly realized I was feeling weak. Was using small doses of my power causing it?
    “Is it deep?” I asked.
    “ Nothing you couldn’t handle,” she replied.
    The reflection from the sun hitting the water’s surface nearly blinded me. I had to close my eyes. I stepped closer to Andre, wading deeper into the water, hoping to avoid the glare. Suddenly, the ground beneath my feet vanished, and I fell right into the water. I came up, gasping. The water was like ice!
    “ Well, if you were that prudish about getting undressed, you should’ve said something,” Andre chuckled. “You okay?”
    “Just fine,” I said , gritting my teeth. “There must’ve been a ledge there.”
    “ Whatever. Come on, let’s go!” Andre began swimming away.
    I followed, a strange feeling drawing me to the murky depths. Was it because it was as deep and dark as I felt inside? Or was it the chill, the same chill I felt with this angry beast inside me?
    Andre stopped. She faced me, her eyes wide. “What was that?”
    “What?”
    “Something just ran over my foot— AH!” She disappeared below the surface before she’d finished her yelp.
    “Andre!” I screamed. “Andre!”
    I dove under, searching for her, pushing myself further down, but the water was too cloudy. Something had stirred up debris from the bottom.
    A faint light began to emerge from the dark , and I swam towards it. If there was light, I could use it to find her. My fingers came to the bottom and I stilled, allowing the debris to settle and my eyes to adjust. The glow returned, and my eyes widened. I reached out towards the light, and my fingers struck something round and metallic.
    A shiver ran down my spine; something wasn’t right. A moment later, someone screamed above the water. Abandoning the light, I flew to the surface. Bursting into the cold air, I searched for Andre again.
    She was gone.
    Splashing caught my attention. I caught her hand before she went under, but her fingers slipped through mine. No, I had to save her!
    I plunged down again and swam towards her last location. I held my breath, watching the water for ripples or bubbles. Three pops appeared about twenty yards away on the surface, and I hurried towards them. My chest tightened as something drifted over my arm, but before I could grasp it, it was gone. I searched for as long as I could, but fatigue took over, and eventually I had to come up for air.
    The lake surface was peaceful now. Fear of losing Andre spiked my adrenalin, and I looked again. But with so much dirt below, I couldn’t see more than a few feet in front of me, and the light I’d seen before had disappeared.
    Suddenly husky voices bellowed from the shore. Callon, Koda and Maes were there, about to jump into the water. I didn’t wait for them, and swam deeper, exhausted or not. If only I could see ! I clawed through the murkiness, wishing I could summon a