Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunter 18 by Dream Hunter

Author:Dream Hunter [Hunter, Dream]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-06-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

THERE WAS NO WORSE FEELING FOR GEARY THAN TO THINK that someone she loved was in danger and to not be able to get to them. Geary was hysterical as she forgot about her quest and swam as quickly as possible through the dark water.

"Geary!"

She ignored Kat's call. The only thing that mattered was getting topside to see what was going on. Suddenly Arik was there, pulling Geary back. "You've got to calm down. You're breathing too rapidly."

She shook her head at him. "That sounded like an explosion. I have to get up there."

"All we heard was a pop." His tone was level and calm as those blue eyes haunted her. "It could have been anything. All we know is the intercom is malfunctioning. You don't want to die over that, do you?"

He was right and she hated him for it. Nodding, she pressed her hand against her helmet to listen more carefully. "Tory? Are you there? What's happening?"

There was still no answer.

"Tory? Christof? Justina? Thia? Dammit. Someone answer me… please."

Arik held his breath, wishing he could ease her mind. But as the silence stretched on he knew what she did. Something had to have—

His thoughts stopped as a piece of twisted metal shot past him on the right. It was followed by more pieces that rained down around them through the water. And it was obvious what the metal was.

"Uh, folks," Scott said, his voice shaking. "I think that's our boat trying to kill us."

Yeah. Arik had a bad feeling the kid might be right. Shit. Arik looked at Kat and could tell she had no more information than he did. He closed his eyes and summoned his brother with his mind. "Solin..."

There was no answer from that end, either, which boded even more ominously than their exploded boat.

Arik let go of Megeara "All right, let's head up. Safely."

"Okay." But he could hear the panic and fear in Megeara's voice.

He hesitated as Megeara and Scott went first so that he could swim beside Kat. "Any clue?" She shook her head glumly. "You know if the boat's gone, so's our air supply."

He'd thought of that himself. So far their air was holding. Which was another reason they needed to get up immediately. They didn't have much reserve, and since he was human, he could die here, which was the last thing he wanted. Kat was the only one of them who didn't have that fear. Lucky bitch.

As they swam for the first decompression station, Arik tried his best to reach Solin repeatedly while Megeara continued to call through her intercom for the others.

And repeatedly there was nothing from above, except for a few pieces of metal that continued to float by as they headed for the floor of the sea. Yeah, nothing like watching your life pass you by, knowing you were even more sunk than it was if you didn't get to air soon. They reached the first tank, which held two breathing hoses. The women went first, then he and Scott.

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