Her Reluctant Hero: A Romantic Suspense Boxed Set by MJ Fredrick

Author:MJ Fredrick [Fredrick, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-07T18:30:00+00:00

They found bits and pieces of gear in the camp—most had been kept on the boat or the barge, including the compressor for the air tanks. They found two half full tanks in the rear of one of the trucks, a pair of fins in Toney’s tent, another pair in Jacob’s. No scuba suits, but the depth off the coast wasn’t much, and the water wouldn’t be too cold.

Tension built in Adrian’s chest as he strapped the tanks across it. He didn’t want to dive and find the bodies of his brother, his friends. He was not built for shit like this. Burying the professor last night had used the last of his reserves and he couldn’t take anymore.

But he couldn’t leave them, either.

He grasped Mallory’s arms before they jumped off the edge of the dock, forced him to look at her, forced himself to comprehend the worry and fear in her eyes. He needed to keep her safe too. “We don’t know what we’ll see. We have no clue where they are. You shouldn’t go.”

She met his gaze steadily. “You need me down there. I’ll be all right.”

He brushed his thumb over her bottom lip, then bent down and kissed her, hard. He didn’t know how he’d manage without her here.

The water was quiet beneath the surface, almost as calming, as mind clearing as the cigarette had been. They had no idea where the boat had gone down, had only a little air. Their first search would have to yield something. They wouldn’t get another chance until they returned with equipment.

The wreck wouldn’t be right off the dock. The structure itself hadn’t been damaged. They had to swim, and his guess was to swim in the direction of the cove entrance, where the boat would have come in from the barge.

He and Mallory didn’t have enough air to make it to the barge itself.

The water was clear; they could see to the bottom without having to swim along it. The closer they stayed to the surface, the less air they used. If he could just calm himself, he could make the half-filled tank last. He was an experienced diver. He could do that.

Mallory, who swam slightly ahead, motioned to him. Ah, hell. What did she see? He approached and saw bits of red and white on the seafloor below. He pulled a dive buoy out of his pocket, used his regulator to inflate it and sent it to the surface. When they came back with help, they’d be able to find the site more easily.

He kept an eye on his gauge as he descended. They had to conserve air for decompression stops, and they’d already used nearly half of what they’d started out with. Shit. They were going to have to do a quick discovery dive and get out.

Mallory watched as he set his alarm. Five minutes was the most they could spare.

They had definitely discovered the site of the accident, and from the scattered looks of things, it had been no accident.

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