02 King of Foxes by Feist Raymond

Author:Feist, Raymond [Raymond, Feist,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T11:21:07.639000+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Survival Tal stared. In mute horror he watched as the shark fin turned and moved in on the man at the far edge of the raft. Before he could give cry to a warning, the man's head vanished under the water, as if he had been grabbed by a giant hand and pulled under. A moment later he popped back to the surface, his eyes wide in surprise, not quite sure what had happened. Then he started to gasp and a low cry came from his throat, rising in pitch to a terrified scream. "Sharks!" shouted one of the paddlers, pointing to the right of the raft where more fins were cutting through the water. Tal counted and three more were coming in from that side, as another joined the one that had struck the first swimmer. Men started shouting. Tal shouted back, "Don't try to climb up! We'll all be swamped." He glanced around and saw that the men were verging on mindless panic, so he screamed, "Kick! Kick as hard as you can!" Suddenly the water was foaming as men thrashed, trying to propel the raft towards the beach as quickly as possible. The man whom the shark had attacked made eye contact with Tal for moment, his mouth working, although no sound emerged. Then his eyes rolled up in his head and he went under. When his body bobbed back to the surface, he upended, and both legs were missing. Then Tal saw the blunt nose of the shark as it rose up from the depths and struck the corpse, seizing it in its mouth, and pulling it under. "Kick, damn you!" shouted Will. The men who were sitting between the paddlers put their outside hand down in the water and paddled desperately, as if that little bit of effort would somehow help speed them. Tal scanned the waves in all directions, looking for another fin, and saw one coining in from the right. He shouted, "Shark!" and pointed. Then he told the paddler nearest to the monster, "Hit it!" The man looked at the shark heading almost straight at him and reflexively tried to stand up. Shouting in panic, he lost his balance and fell over, right into the path of the shark. "Get out!" Tal cried. Another shark came in fast behind the first, and the man was abruptly yanked downward, only to come up for a moment, trying to scream but making only gurgling noises as he choked on water, the sea around him churning white water and blood. Tal leapt into the waves and with one stroke of his arm reached the paddle. He turned and kicked to bring himself back towards the raft. Holding his breath, he kicked twice more and felt hands pulling him out of the water. "Are you mad?" Baron Visniya cried. "We need the paddle!" Tal said, spitting out water. He held it out and Visniya took it, replacing the man who had fallen. "If they

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