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"I wish it was more"

There was a pause from Pisces Then, "Do we have an option?"

"No," Barnuital clock above the pilothouse's autoreatest fear was that if Sea Sprite was driven far off its position by the storet back in time to save Dirk and Summer He feared he was faced with a no-win situation If he lost Dirk Pitt's children to the sea, there was no telling the wrath that would explode from NUMA's special projects director "Take every precaution to extend your air supply"

"Not to worry, Captain Su in our little shack down in coral gulch"

Barnu that Pisces could survive intact if the reef was pounded by hundred-foot waves generated by a Category 5 hurricane He stared through the bridge s to the east Already the sky was filling with threatening clouds and the seas had risen to five feet

With ave orders for Sea Sprite to pull up the anchor and lay a course away from the predicted path of the storm

When Suave her a rundown on the nasty weather coh instructions for conserving food and air "We should also batten down any loose objects in case high seas knock us around down here"

"How soon before the worst of the storm reaches us?" asked Summer

"According to the captain, so"

"Then you have time for a final dive with me before we're cooped up in here until the weather clears"

Dirk looked at his sister A lesser man, captivated by her beauty, would have fallen under her spell, but as her twin brother he was immune to her Machiavellian wiles "What's on your mind?" he asked casually

"I want to take a closer look inside the cavern where I found the urn"

"Can you find it again in the dark?"

"Like a fox to its lai

r," she said, cocksure "Besides, you always enjoy seeing different species of fish on a night dive that you can't see during the day"