Proximity (Wanderlust Series Book 2) by Amber Lea Easton

Author:Amber Lea Easton [Easton, Amber Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountain Moxie Publishing
Published: 2015-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

His vision blurred, the entire left side of his body felt useless but he couldn't understand why. Where had she gone? It had all happened so fast—in one instant he'd been shoved forward in a surge of water while she's simply vanished.

He swam, using his right hand to guide him along the wall, keeping his head down to cast a light he hoped she could see, and allowed the current to propel him forward.

The rope that had connected them dangled loosely around his hips. The water pushed him into an opening. Seeing the headroom, he raised his face and was relieved to see a sinkhole at least ten feet by ten feet in the ceiling of the cave. Late afternoon sunlight illuminated the space. More bats stirred in the shadows, but there were also birds that had flown in from above. A large flat area above the water line looked inviting, but he couldn't leave the water without Savannah.

Worn out from the exertion and his injuries, he rested his elbow on the formation to stop the push of the water and dropped the regulator from his mouth. He just needed a moment. One minute maybe.

He closed his eyes.

Why had he waited until this trip to reveal his feelings for her? Then again, he hadn't said the words 'I love you.' No, he'd been too much of a coward for that. He'd simply pressed the physical and threatened to leave her if she didn't come around to his way of thinking.

All the women in his past had been right when they'd labeled him a selfish asshole. He'd basically extorted the woman he'd loved for years into sleeping with him—in a cave no less. Nothing had gone as planned, not one damn thing.

Then again, when he'd boarded the plane in Dallas, confessing his love hadn't been on his mind. He'd been looking forward to some down time with his buddies.

And now look where he'd washed up...beneath a sinkhole at least sixty feet beneath the earth...alone. His heart physically ached at the idea that they hadn't survived.

"There you are," Savannah said from behind him, sounding out of breath and relieved. "You look like hell. Get out of the water."

Without raising his head, he smiled against the cold rock. "I can't. I was about to go rescue you."

"Okay, Superman, you can put away your cape. I'm fine." She swam over to him, grabbed him around the hips, placed her thigh beneath his butt, and pushed until he fell against the surface like a dying seal.

"We're not diving anymore," she said once she'd situation herself next to him. "In this cave, I mean. I can climb up—"

"Hold my hand for a minute." He knew he sounded pitiful with his slurred speech, but he needed her to stop talking. He could feel the anxiety rolling off her like a force field. Energy snapped and sizzled around her. "Don't leave me here."

"You can't dive any longer." She peeled him free of his gear and rolled him over.

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