Tracker and the Spy by D. Jackson Leigh

Author:D. Jackson Leigh [Leigh, D. Jackson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626394698
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2016-01-11T05:00:00+00:00

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Cyrus made a diving catch to save his d-tablet with one hand and grabbed for something solid to anchor himself with the other. “Isn’t anyone driving this boat?” Not long after they rounded Cancun and left the Caribbean Sea to enter the Gulf, the sea had grown increasingly rough and the sky heavy with swirling clouds. He repositioned his d-tablet to continue his reading, but the yacht pitched again, and he had to cling to the table to stop from being tossed to the floor. “Stars above!”

The deck pitched dizzily under his as he stumbled through the galley to his cabin. He put the tablet away and braced himself against the bulkhead or anything else solid to make his way topside. He wasn’t prone to seasickness, but his stomach was beginning to feel a little uncertain. He needed some air.

The smell that wafted out when he struggled past Bobby’s and Luke’s cramped cabin didn’t help. Bobby lay in his bunk, delirious and mumbling incoherently. He was dangerously dehydrated after days of being unable to keep even water in his stomach. But they could do nothing more for him on the boat, so Cyrus tuned out his moaning and started up the narrow stairs.

A powerful gust nearly threw him back down the stairs when he emerged on the outside deck. The air was heavy and lay on his skin like a warm, wet cloth. He spotted Luke starboard about twenty feet, arguing with the captain of the yacht. Now that he was topside, he was adjusting to the roll of the boat and walked carefully toward them.

“What’s the problem?” He had to shout to be heard above the wind.

The captain turned to Cyrus. “You and your man should get below. Secure anything that’s loose in your cabins and put on the life vests stored under your bunks.”

“I’m not sure I want to be down there if we could possibly sink.”

The captain nodded curtly. “You’d be welcome to my office. I’ll be at the helm or in the communications room.”

“We could have already been in Galveston if this numbskull hadn’t been slowing us down.” Luke glared at the captain.

The captain shook his head at Luke, then explained as if he were speaking to a child. “The sea anchor has been keeping us steady in these heavy seas.”

“If that’s so, then why’d you just pull it out of the water?”

The captain turned to Cyrus, ignoring Luke’s accusing tone. “The weather conditions have suddenly changed. The storm has strengthened and moved our way. We’re now northwest of a category-two hurricane, where the winds are most treacherous. It’ll continue to gain strength as it crosses the Gulf. Our best option now is to outrun it.”

Cyrus wasn’t a physically powerful man, but he and his mate, Laine, had enjoyed hiking and camping when they were young. He’d grown a little soft over the past twenty years in a classroom, but these recent months of traveling from one disaster to another and then skulking through the Sierra Madres to elude The Collective Council’s trackers had returned some of his previous vigor.

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