Page 76 of Depths of Destruction

She brings her lips to mine and teases, "At least if I'm going down, it's with you."

"If we go down, I'm bringing you back up, baby." But I'm not kidding. I will. Unless I'm dead, nothing is going to ever happen to Naomi again. I'll die making sure of it.

The only problem with my thinking is things aren't always in my control.

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Naomi

The rain pounds down hard,and lightning bolts across the sky. Waves lift the boat and slam it down.

Andre has his legs stretched out against the wall, and one of his arms holds the railing so we don't go flying. I'm clutching him with every bit of strength I have, and his other arm holds me tight.

"I'm scared," I cry out.

"Just hold on to me," he yells out to compete with the roll of thunder.

Another wave takes the boat up, and our bodies raise to a forty-five-degree angle. I scream. Andre's arm squeezes me tighter, and his palm holds my head tight to his chest before we slam down again.

It feels like hours pass before the waves change to a more bearable size. The sun starts to rise, and I look up at Andre.

"Why are you smiling?"

"That was intense."

"Don't tell me you enjoyed almost getting killed?"

He chuckles. "We get to brag about surviving a crazy ocean storm now."

"You are officially an adrenaline junkie."

He kisses me and moves me off him. "I need to go see where our coordinates are."

"It's still raining."

"Yep." He pecks me on the lips and slides out of the cabin.

I move to the edge of the cabin door.

"Shit," he mumbles.

"What's wrong."

"The storm moved us...jeez."

My stomach drops. "What?"

"We went south...really far south."

"Okay. Where are we then?"

"My guess is we're on the main coast of Honduras."

"Sounds nice if we were going on vacation...but I'm guessing this is bad?"

There's a loud boom and thunder cracks in the sky.

Not again.