Kings Falling by Ronie Kendig

Author:Ronie Kendig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense;Christian fiction;Suspense fiction;Adventure fiction;FIC042060;FIC030000;FIC002000
ISBN: 9781493422807
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

20 NAUTICAL MILES OFF CUBA

With snorkeling and dive rigs littering the sea, Iskra was confident her rented boat and hired local wouldn’t draw attention. She straddled the dive prop bobbing off the port side, started the small waterproof camera attached to her shoulder, and verified her regulator was feeding her oxygen. After a wave to the boat driver, she opened up the throttle. The black torpedolike hull slipped beneath the surface.

Hours reviewing the footage from the facility where she and Leif had nearly killed each other, where the book went missing, had handed her a tip. A man rounded a corner and disappeared from the camera. Though an idea had formed, she was too disconcerted to voice it, even to Mercy.

Now she was back in the sea that had nearly drowned her. But this time—armed with oxygen tanks, a KA-BAR tactical knife, a Glock with an underwater firing adapter, a waterproof camera, and a multifunction GPS strapped to her wrist—she was testing her theory. A dangerous one.

The prop maxed at twelve knots, so the two-hour dive to her destination provided plenty of time to run through contingencies if she met trouble. It also made her wish Leif were here. As a former SEAL, he was better with underwater endeavors. And there was the little fact that she always felt safer with him around.

Searching for his past was tearing Leif up. Add to that the way the director handled the situation—even she could tell he was keeping something from Leif—and Iskra was doing her best to give Leif room to sort things out. It was likely the only way to get past this point to marriage and family.

Perhaps she should try to help him find those answers? It would mean derailing her attempts to locate Mitre. That vial she’d received in New York—she’d handed it off to a trusted asset and phlebotomist who verified that it was blood and promised a complete work-up soon.

A vibration against her wrist drew Iskra’s attention back to her surroundings. The water wasn’t as dark. She let off the throttle a little, glancing at her gauge. A few hundred yards to shore still, but it was definitely lightening. And not from the sun penetrating the surface. She was still too deep for that.

In the inky, wavering distance, light gathered at a lone central source. She aimed her shoulder cam in that direction, sure she was about to find proof. Another few minutes, and the brightness grew into a distinct bright spot. Manmade, not bioluminescent.

Darkness cocooned the light, confusing her. How was that possible? But another hundred yards cleared it up—a cave. A large swath of the ocean floor descended into a very large cave. Filled with light. Several lights.

I knew it.

Victory saturated her muscles as she swung the prop around to get another view of the cave, wary of getting too close and risking discovery. Slowly, she drove in closer . . .

Movement bisected the light.

Her pulse spiked—a shape was coming at her. A rivulet through the water registered a second too late.

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