Fathomless by Greig Beck

Author:Greig Beck [Beck, Greig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780994630438
Publisher: Cohesion Press
Published: 2016-09-29T06:00:00+00:00

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Cate lay there on the slick stone for ages, just staring up into a black sky that wasn’t a sky at all. It ended only several hundred feet somewhere up there in the dark. From the corner of her eye she could see Jack, squatting with his elbows on his knees, just staring out over the stygian water. He still had the compass, one of the small items he had in his pockets. Everything else was gone.

She sat forward; every muscle in her body ached, and her shoulders and back actually felt like something might be damaged inside. She held her head in her hands.

“Hey there.” Jack had turned to her. “You okay?”

“No. I feel like shit. We’re lost, shipwrecked, and Greg’s dead.” She knew she sounded bitter, and hated it. “Do you know the last thing I said to him?” She laughed sourly. “I called him a sonofabitch.”

He nodded. “Yep, I heard.” He sucked in a deep breath. “So what?”

“I made him come down here. I killed him.” She felt it coming then, rising up within her. A sense of blackness so heavy it overwhelmed her. Cate threw herself forward to vomit what little contents she had in her stomach. She couldn’t stop the tears.

“I’m an asshole.” She pressed her forehead against the stone. Jack grabbed her then, holding her close. She felt his strength, smelled his sweat, and clung to him. She knew she needed him. Probably always had, but now more than ever.

“You’re the bravest, smartest, most beautiful woman in the world. You had nothing to do with that.” He hugged her tighter for a moment, and then eased her back, staring into her face. “Take a breath. You’re here, and I’m here. For me, it’s my lucky day.”

She closed her eyes and sucked in a deep breath. “I’m okay.” She used both hands to push the wet hair back off her face, and looked at him, managing a weak smile. “See? I’m good to go again.”

“Good.” Jack looked back out at the water. “Because we can’t stay here.”

Her eyes widened. “Oh yes we can. I’d rather die here than go back into that fucking water.”

Abby came and sat with them. She hugged her knees. “I’m not either.”

“I know, I know. I don’t really want to either. But guys, we aren’t that far away from Heceta Island.” Jack lifted an arm, pointing out to the left of them. “The cliffs along here seem to curve in the right direction, we try and follow them, staying out of the water where we can – rock hopping.” He looked down at his hands for a moment, before turning back to her with his head tilted. “But I’m not going to bullshit you; where we can’t, we’ll need to wade, and maybe, we’ll have to swim some.”

Cate flicked her hand at him. “No fucking way, Jack. I’m not going back in that water, end of story.” She turned away from him, her beam illuminating the slick rock next to her.

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