Beyond Limits by Griffin Laura

Author:Griffin, Laura [Griffin, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary, United States, American, Suspense, Military, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2015-01-26T13:00:00+00:00

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For the second time in a week, he found himself in pitch-black water, feeling his way around the hull of a ship. He worked bow to stern, moving with less speed than usual, because the only fins in the maintenance closet had been about six sizes too small. The water was like a bathtub. Given the sediment in the water, visibility was nonexistent, so he moved by feel, hyperalert for any debris that might be lurking beneath him, waiting to slice up his feet. He knew that while the main channel was definitely kept dredged and clear, the inlets weren’t nearly as high a priority. Without water, this whole place would be a barnacle-covered junkyard.

Derek felt the curve of the ship’s skin. He was nearing the propeller. The prop was a high-probability area to plant a device, so he slowed his search.

Nothing.

He adjusted his regulator and continued searching. His gut was churning, and his sixth sense was gnawing at him, and he knew without a doubt that the man who’d caught a ride in that Avalanche had been up to something. Had he planted a bomb in the channel? But why target a channel when there was a perfectly good explosive right here? One that would make a hell of a fire show on the six o’clock news, too. The media’s motto was “If it bleeds, it leads,” but if it freaking exploded, get ready. It would not only lead, it would be on continuous replay for the next two weeks.

Derek did one last pass, and still nothing. He kicked to the surface and spied Elizabeth pacing the dock as she talked on her phone. She rushed over.

“What’d you find?”

He shoved his mask up. “Nothing so far. Throw me that line, would you?”

She glanced down at the coil of rope and pulled the end to a free cleat. He watched her secure the line as he swam over.

“Their chief of operations is on his way,” she said, “along with the fire chief.” She tossed him the line as he reached the dock.

“Someone needs to find the Avalanche,” he said.

“We’re working on it.”

The bulkhead was covered with razor-sharp barnacles, so he climbed the rope hand over hand to avoid trashing his feet. Water gushed from his jeans as he stood on the dock.

“Gordon’s en route.”

He looked around. “What’s he doing?” He nodded at the security guard, who was dragging a wooden barricade over to a marshy area beside the road.

“I found some footprints in the mud, while you were under.”

“Fresh ones?”

“Looked fresh to me,” she said. “Our crime-scene techs can take a look, maybe get something useful.”

Derek surveyed the swamp grass. He looked from the water to the spot on the gravel road where the Avalanche had picked up the passenger.

“Shit,” he muttered.

“What?”

He crossed the dock. He followed the road a few paces and stepped off the gravel into the marsh. Mud oozed between his toes as he looked out at the water.

“Fuckin’ A.”

“Derek, what is it?”

He waded back in.

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