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No signal.
We’re totally at the mercy of fate now.
A weird feeling comes over me.
I’ve seen my fair share of danger before.
No one expects death to sneak up on them without warning.
When I found Serena in bed with Blake and he came charging out with a gun, that was like watching my life flash before my eyes.
The rug being ripped out from under my feet when I least expected it.
The impossible, thinking the woman I adored didn’t respect me enough to be faithful while I was overseas, risking life and limb.
This is different.
There are no roadside bombs, no hit men, no reckless lovers with guns. We may never learn who did Adriana’s vile bidding to put us in this position.
Still, it feels like the ocean is coming with a vengeance, hungry to swallow me up for all the times I’ve fought and thwarted it.
I’ve taken stupid risks in my kayak for the last decade, and I never once forgot what I could lose if my focus cracked or I made a mistake.
The difference is, the only victim would beme.
Not her.
Not four other grown men.
Not poor Molly with her snout mushed miserably against Destiny’s ribs.
When you go to war, you know there’s a risk.
But this was supposed to be a safe evening cruise, dammit. A rare chance to spot some precious whales and do the send-off I thought I could manage.
It turns out, the universe had other plans.
Apparently, so does my fucked up heart.
The room wavers again, and when I can tell we’re past the latest swell, I decide to try the radio.
“Juan?” I call. “How’s it looking?”
He doesn’t answer. The silence glazes my brow with sweat, and I’m expecting the worst until there’s a soft banging on the door a minute later.
He emerges, weary and disheveled. I’ve employed him for years, and he’s a neat man. I’ve never seen him look like he just crawled out of a trench.
“We’re almost through the worst of it according to the radar. But the electrical system is strained, sir, and we’re going to lose power soon,” he tells us.
Destiny holds out her phone. “Do you have a signal?”
He shakes his head. “This is a dead zone sometimes in the best weather. Normally, not a problem with the onboard Wi-Fi forwarding calls, but without power...”
Yeah.
He doesn’t need to finish to tell us how screwed we are.
“The system shouldn’t be fragile,” I snap. “What happened to the backup generators?”
