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"Uh, you know, I’lad we had this chance to talk out our differences and reconcile"

She dropped her hands, disappointed

Tom turned away froht he’d done the right thing He hoisted Snowden’s body over the side of the raft to lure the sharks closer As the first shark fin cut through the water by his raft, Toh body, tearing the spear out before the shark could dart away and unbalance hiot the same treatment, then the next

It was extremely cathartic, and Lyla snatched the spear frorowl coh to find painfully alluring Vik even rallied his strength to kill a shark of his own The water was saturated with blood, appealing to the shark instinct, overwhelrew excited and went into a frenzy by the raft, bringing thehtered all Yosef’s trainees But the lure didn’t work on Yosef Saide himself He was too self-disciplined After his trainees were finished, Yosef beca the raft at a distance, a dark shadow shih the water He dared not come within reach of their spear, and he didn’t need to: they were going to die in due course without any actions on his part

"What now?" Lyla said "We don’t have another instructor to estion was snide, but it gave Toreat idea"

Vik raised his head blearily His voice was so hoarse and faint, Toreat idea"

"No, it is I’ll juh from the raft that Yosef will know I can’t saveback, and he’ll come for me I’ll kill him"

"Or he’ll kill you," Lyla said hopefully

"That is a possibility," To for it"

He threw hian swis, Yosef hanging at a distance A few times the shadow shi a path through the water, but Yosef always veered off He was feinting, testing whether Tom would flee to safety

And then Yosef must’ve realized Tom had reached the point of no return This tih the water toward Tom For ahorror grew inside To what he’d done, what he’d invited upon hiot a spear thrust in, he was probably about to get chomped by a shark

But then a crazed sort of euphoria swept over hilee and thrust his spear forward as Yosef’s razor-sharp teeth flashed right in his face--

And then his eyes snapped open in the training roo his death had been painless Then Snowden leaned over hied

"We need to have a chat"

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