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Their lack of response didn’t deter Reed, however. “Guys! I swear I heard—”
Dominic leaned forward and bumped his shoulder to Rodrigo, who shot him an irritated look from the side.
“You’ve got three seconds to stop this shit before I kick your ass overboard,” Dominic growled.
“Come on, guys. Let’s all cool off for a moment,” Gabriel said as he placed a hand on Dominic’s shoulder.
“Yeah, let’s cool Dom off. I’ll throw him headfirst into the ocean,” Reed said with a smirk. As an NFL star quarterback, Reed didn’t mind a little throw down, even with a former Navy SEAL.
The groom of their bachelor party getaway, Gabriel, once again tried to keep the peace and said, “That’s enough! It can take days before someone rescues us—weeks even! Surviving a shipwreck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is stressful enough without you two bickering like five-year-olds!”
“Amen…” his twin, Rodrigo, mumbled under his breath.
“Just shut the fuck up and listen!” Reed shouted as he waved his hands.
Jack strained his ears and listened for thirty seconds to the water lapping against their raft before he heard it: the unmistakable sound of a bird screeching in the distance.
“Well, I’ll be damned…” Dominic said before he lifted his side of the canopy.
“What am I missing here?” Zane arched a brow as his gaze met Jack’s.
“A bird needs land to nest. Hopefully, that bird isn’t one of those seabirds that fly out thousands of miles from shore,” Gabriel said.
“I couldn’t get a good look. Did you?” Dominic asked Reed.
“No. Looked like a seagull, but I’m not sure…”
“There are no seagulls around Hawaii….” Rodrigo said.
Reed arched a brow. “The storm could have drifted us far enough away—”
“Nope. It’s a Brown Booby.” Rodrigo pointed at the bird diving into the ocean at a shallow angle.
Jack snorted. “A what?”
“Brown Booby. That’s one of the most common seabirds around here. They nest on the ground and generally forage in near coastal waters.”
Of course Rodrigo knew what bird flew above their heads. The long-haired biker turned veterinarian knew all kinds of random stuff about most animals.
Dominic hummed. “Near coastal waters sound good to me…”
“There are even more over there!” Gabriel said.
Jack searched the water and saw about forty birds dive into the water.
“They all fly back in that direction,” Jack pointed north, the same direction as their raft floated in.
“Yep. They’ve already swallowed their prey before they come back up and bring the fish back to their nests. My guess is that if we follow them in that direction, we’ll find at least a rocky shore or perhaps even land,” Rodrigo said.
Reed chuckled. “You’ve got to be shitting me. The first sign we get that hopefully this all will be over soon is that we see a bird that’s named after a tit?”
Zane sat forward and mimicked holding two heavy breasts in front of his chest. “I bet there’s a coast close to here, scattered with brown boobies.”
Jack joined the laughter of his friends. Finding these birds after thirty hours of drifting at sea definitely lifted the group’s spirit.
“We’ll follow those titties so we can get the fuck out of here,” Dominic said.
The rest hummed in agreement.
