The fall into the lake had been so brutal that Ethan's consciousness was affected. Even with his mate between his legs, clutched tightly against his chest and his instinct dictating that she was the first thing he should protect, that didn't stop them from going down. Only when his lungs tightened and through the bond he felt his mate almost on a thread of life did Ethan open his eyes and force every part of him to move.

He forgot the pain he was in from the blow and the wounds and began kickin