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He shook his head “No But it’s only been a couple of hours I don’t expect anything yet”

Neither had to voice the probability that, at the very least, his uncle would lose the leg That he was still alive after the savage attack was h Hopefully, that questionable luck would hold

Another hour went by and then Dr Vanya pushed through the eical scrubs Ricky stood, and Sam and Remi joined him as she approached

“Well, the good news is, he’s stable We h blood into him so his chances look reasonable But the next twenty-four hours will tell The biggest risk now is that he succumbs to shock or that infection sets in He’s in decent physical shape and fairly young, but there are no guarantees”

“And the leg?” Ricky asked softly

“The bones were splintered into a hundred slivers by the jaws, so even if I’d been right there, we’d still have had to amputate I’m sorry,” she said

“Can we see him?” Ricky asked

Dr Vanya shook her head “Let’s give hi” She turned her attention to Sam and Remi “How did you happen to be so close when the attack happened? The crocodiles generally stay away froed”

“We were on the other side of the island with hiue It wasn’t his place to share the details of Leonid’s expedition, even

though by noord of the attack had probably spread like wildfire, along with gossip about the buildings beneath the sea

“What on earth were you doing there?” she asked

“Helping a friend with a project,” Sam said

“A project?” Vanya pressed

“Archaeology”

“Ah,” Vanya said as though that explained everything “You’re American, aren’t you?”