The Bones of Valhalla by Sam Sisavath

Author:Sam Sisavath [Sisavath, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Road To Babylon Media
Published: 2016-08-01T23:00:00+00:00

“Did he go for it?” Danny asked when she stepped onto the bridge.

“Maybe,” she said. “He’s with Riley now. Maybe Riley can nudge him to where we need him to be.”

“What if they say no?” Maddie asked from behind the helm.

Lara shook her head. “I don’t know, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”

“I don’t know about you, but five miles doesn’t seem like that long of a bridge when the other guy’s got warplanes,” Danny said, turning back to the windshield and looking out at the tiny black dot blinking in and out of existence underneath the morning sun.

Danny was right—five miles felt way, way too close given what was parked on Black Tide Island’s airstrip. It was hard to believe how potentially dangerous the speck of dirt staring back at them at the moment was.

“Want me to pull back some more?” Maddie asked.

“No,” Lara said. “I don’t want them to think we’re scared.”

“Even though we are?”

“They don’t have to know that. Besides, it doesn’t matter if we put five or ten or fifty more miles between us. They know we’re out here and they found us once before—and that time was in the dead of night. They’re not going to have any difficulty locating us in broad daylight.”

“Doesn’t help we’re the only rich man’s toy floating out here for miles and miles,” Danny said.

“Yeah, that too.”

“By the way, while you were having your chat with Scarlett’s boyfriend, Expedition 2.0 radioed in on schedule. They’re on course into the…Heart of Darkness.”

“‘Heart of Darkness?’” Maddie said.

“What? Too ominous or not ominous enough?”

“As long as there isn’t a fat Marlon Brando waiting on the other end.”

“Well, there is something waiting on the other end, but I wouldn’t call it fat, exactly.”

“Did they run into any problems?” Lara asked.

“Apparently, it’s smooth sailing so far,” Danny said.

“Apparently?” she said, looking over at him.

He shrugged. “They didn’t mention any complications.”

“You didn’t either when you and Gaby were trapped in Gallant with no way out. Why was that?”

“Because if you knew what kind of creek we were up at the time, you might have rushed over like a bunch of idiots and tried to rescue us. Then I’d have to save even more people, and even Super Danny has his limitations.”

“Did you get the sense Gaby was doing the same thing when she radioed in?”

Danny thought about it. “I think she would have told me if they’d hit a snag. But she didn’t, which means they’re still good to go. Probably.”

“I don’t like probably, Danny.”

“I’m sure the kid would have told us if they couldn’t finish the mission. You worry too much.”

“When I stop worrying, that’s when you should start.”

Danny smirked. “Where’d you get that from, an old T-shirt?”

“Maybe.” She unclipped her radio and keyed it. “You see anything up there, Peters?”

“Ocean,” Peters said through the radio. “Just a lot of ocean.”

“Just a lot of ocean’s good,” Maddie said. “Oceans don’t drop bombs on you, the last time I checked.”

Lara glanced up at the ceiling, not that she could see Peters somewhere up there.

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