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“Tyler! Look out!” Indiana’s gaze darted over my shoulder.
Jumping to my feet, I spun around. The drone hovered off the deck.
I aimed my weapon.
Wild bullets arced from the drone, punched into the dive deck, and ricocheted off the hull, missing their mark. The drone darted left, then right as if out of control, then it pumped bullets into Rhino’s engine.
Icy dread raced down my spine.
“No!” Indiana yelled.
Running down to the lower deck, I took aim and squeezed the trigger. The robotic wasp buzzed as it fell like a cannonball, shooting bullets like wildfire.
Rhino’s engine exploded in a massive fireball.
CHAPTER 17
Indiana
Rhino rocked violently as the deafening explosion ripped her engine apart. As the detonation rang in my ears, charred chunks of my boat rained across the deck. I leaned over Dad, desperate to protect him.
“Tyler,” I cried, glaring at the black smoke smothering the area where he’d stood.
Acrid fumes burned my tongue.
Dad groaned.
“It’s okay, Dad.”
“It’s not fucking okay.”
“Just keep still.” Adjusting my bloody hands over his wound, I searched the smoky chaos.
Come on Tyler, where are you?
“Answer me, Kingsley!” I forced his name past the knot in my throat. Tears welled in my eyes.
I have to find him, but I can’t leave Dad.
My heart hammered a thundering rhythm as flames leaped to the sky.
Oh God. Did he go overboard?
I reached for Dad’s hand. “Dad, I need to find Tyler.”
I removed my hand from the bullet wound, and Dad gasped.
“Sorry. Just keep the pressure on.” I placed his other hand over the first. I kissed his forehead. “I’ll be back in a sec.”
“Indy. I’m sorry.”
“Hey, you stop that, Dad. I need you, so don’t do anything stupid. You hear me?”
His cloudy eyes blinked in slow motion.
“I love you, Dad. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll be back?—"
Thick black smoke caught in the ocean breeze and drifted into the equipment cupboard, threatening to smother us.
