Page 180 of Revere: A Legacy Novel

A plane, maybe?

She tried to focus, to take in details. The plane was a hell of a lot closer to the water than it should be. Maybe fifty feet, or a bit higher. A Cessna, probably. She only thought that was what the plane was because of the large open door on the side—like the ones they used for sky diving.

“Calisto’s plane is coming in from the east,” she heard her Uncle Lucian say. “Giovanni’s from the west.”

Catherine focused on the plane again just in time to see large barrels be shoved one after the other out the side of the plane. What in the hell were those things? Why was there a whitish smoke trailing behind them as they fell?

“Jesus, I said—”

“They’ll get him,” Dante interrupted Zeke. “Don’t be stupid and jump off the boat right now. They’ll turn you into shark bait with all the bullets flying.”

Catherine rolled over to her knees and looked over the side of the boat. Another speedboat, blue like theirs, was circling back fifty feet away. She glanced back to the island just in time to see the barrels hit the ground.

One on the house.

One closer to the beach.

One further to the west side of the island.

All exploded on impact.

Bright yellows and reds.

It shook the fucking earth.

Catherine’s air caught in her chest.

“Get down!” Dante shouted.

Catherine was dragged down to the deck of the boat, and pinned under her father’s body. She heard something pepper the side of the boat, but she didn’t think it was bullets that time.

“Fertilizer and diesel did the trick,” Lucian mumbled from the front of the boat.

“Shit, I can’t decide right now if the nails for shrapnel was a good idea or not,” her father replied.

“Where’s Cross?” Catherine asked.

“Still in the water, sweetheart.”

“Where?”

She didn’t get an answer.

She wondered if they knew.

“There’s Gio’s plane,” Lucian murmured.

Catherine looked up to see another plane coming in from the opposite direction. Again, too close to the water. Again, door wide open.

“Cross!” Zeke roared.

“Get down!” Dante shouted back.

Zeke jumped over the side of the boat as the second slew of barrels were pushed out the side of the plane. Catherine closed her eyes, covered her eyes, and prayed.

She was supposed to be Cross’s God, wasn’t she?

That’s what he said.