As the hazy light filtered through the trees, I examined the body in the water. She was covered in blood, nearly unrecognizable. I took the moment of peacefulness and stayed there. A cool calm fell over me, my breath suddenly becoming steady, my mind clear. And then, I pulled.

The girl gasped and sat up. For a moment, she stayed in the shallow water, staring up at me with ice blue eyes. Silence reigned between us before she spoke.

"You're late," she said. I took a breath. I should have let her stay dead.

"A thank you would be nice," I replied. She stood, her clothing soaked and dripping back into the lake.

"We don't have time for thanks, we need to leave," she snapped at me, running her fingers through her tangled hair. I gestured behind me, the stolen SUV idling. I tossed her the keys.

"There's a change of clothes and some towels in the trunk."