Bone Quarry by K D McNiven

Author:K D McNiven [McNiven, K D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

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Captain Burke could only stare at the photos on Jayden’s phone. The size of the beast, nearly incomprehensible. It had turned out to be an incredible discovery and yet the cost was high. Higher than anyone would have wanted. He had seen the torment on Rourke’s face when he’d climbed out of the zodiac and onto the research ship. A look he hoped to never see again.

He wasn’t privy to their past, but clearly, they had been close friends. And then to hear about how Rourke and Meg had nearly died, he considered changing course and head for home.

Everyone sat over their meal almost without a word. The mood somber. Meg couldn’t get their near-death experience out of her mind. That they were sitting here at this moment had to be as close to a miracle as possible, considering her and Rourke probably had no more than one minute to spare, if that.

Her eyes flickered up and gazed thoughtfully at Rourke. He had never been good at showing his emotions. Today happened to be no different. How did one comfort someone under these circumstances? Certainly not his ex-wife. However, while trapped in the cage, believing they were going to die, Rourke had held her tightly in his arms. The feelings it had aroused raced through her and would be forever locked away in her mind.

She caught sight of Jayden from her peripheral vision, wondering how she would ever be able to thank him? Had he not acted so quickly, so heroically, they would have drowned for sure. He would forever be her hero.

As if he sensed her observing him, Jayden looked her way. He managed a wry smile, his eyes sad, his body slumped. Unfortunately, he had witnessed Jake’s gruesome death. He wondered if he would even be able to sleep without the nightmarish images flashing in his brain. He reached over and draped his arm over her shoulder comfortingly.

“Maybe it would be best at this point to call in the armed forces?” Captain Burke’s voice broke through the silence.

“First, we need to find out who lives in the warehouse along the river,” said Rourke. “Find out why they shot out our cameras, and what they are up to. Besides, I still want to trap one of them for research purposes, and we don’t know how many we’re dealing with. They may extend clear into Bolivia and Columbia for all we know. One thing is certain, I intend to find out.”

“We can’t stay forever, Rourke. We’ll have to go restock our food supplies, get fuel, and empty out the ship’s waste,” Captain Burke reminded him.

“I’m fully aware of that. And if you need to pull anchor, by all means, go.”

Meg looked over at him. “You can’t do this alone, Rourke.”

He was quiet for a time, shoveling his food across his plate but not eating it. The fork made a clanking sound as he dropped it, his eyes flickering up. “I’m hoping the police commander will put some of his forces to use.

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