Drake Sisters 04 - Dangerous Tides

eat through the fabric of the harness once you dumped it on there."

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    Sam held up his hand. "You wouldn't listen to me, Ty. I tried to tell you, but you're always so damned stubborn."

    Ty glanced over his shoulder. "Libby, climb the rope."

    "Not without you. I'm not getting separated again."

    His features hardened. "Climb the damn rope now. We don't have much time and all of us have to get out of here. The next big wave is going to swamp this cave. We're waist deep in water or has anyone noticed? Your teeth are chattering and you're going to get hypothermia."

    Libby still hesitated, not wanting to leave him alone with his cousin. He loved Sam. He wouldn't want to believe the things Sam was capable of, even if the evidence was staring him in the face. He loved Sam, his only living relative, the way she loved her sisters. Her heart was breaking for him.

    "Do I have to throw you up to the top?" Ty's voice cut like a knife. He was somewhere between rage, resignation and anguish and wasn't certain he could hold onto his control. She looked small and broken.
    He felt broken. "Sam, how could you do this?"

    It was that heartbreaking tone that did it for Libby. Tyson was shattered. Completely shattered and holding on by a thread. She lifted her arms to send the wind back to her sisters and with it, the thick mist.
    "Be right behind me, Ty," she pleaded.

    Libby took the rope in her hands and began to pull her body up toward the hole in the ceiling. She'd never done anything like it in her life and realized it was going to be nearly impossible. Before she could say anything, she felt her sisters gathering strength. Energy. She felt it bursting through her muscles and stretching her reach, guiding her body straight to the rock floor. She pulled herself to safety and turned, lying on her stomach to look down at the two men.

    "Tyson, get out of there. The water's filling the chamber."

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    Sam shook his head, stepping to his left, forcing Tyson to mirror him. "I don't understand how you could let her do this to us, Ty. Why would you do that? Why would you think it would be okay to bring her into our lives? Our world?"

    "We'll discuss it later, Sam. We need to get out of here."

    "She's poisoned your mind against me. That's what she's been doing all along. I saw it, but you just couldn't. You wanted me to stop taking care of the finances. You started checking credit cards. You paid attention to the cash. Why would you do that if she wasn't telling you I was taking your money? It was our money. We shared it, remember? I want to know why you listened to her."

    "Come on, Sam. Let's get out of here." Tyson held out his hand.

    Libby ground her teeth together to keep from screaming at him to just climb up the rope. Sam was stalling. He wasn't repentant. He was planning, scheming still. She felt his need to best everyone. Why couldn't Tyson feel it, too?

    The sea was roaring again, water pouring in with each succeeding wave. "Please, Ty, please," she whispered.

    A hand fell on her shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin. She turned around to find Jackson crouching beside her. He put his finger to his lips and gestured for her to get out of his way. He stretched out prone on the cave floor, placing his gun on the rock floor in easy reach beside his hand as he watched the two men below and the rising water.

    Tears burned close. Of course Elle would send Jackson. Her sisters always came through. She sat down on the rocks and tried to see around Jackson's larger frame to where Tyson was moving back toward the rope.

    "We've got to go now, Sam," Tyson prompted, feeling a little desperate. He couldn't leave his cousin.
    He had to find a way to bring him back. "We'll sort all this out up top."

    Water swirled around Sam's waist, prodding him forward. He smiled and it chilled Tyson to the bone.

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    "I'm not letting her have you, Ty. It's not going to happen."

    "Your choice then, Sam." Tyson caught the rope and pulled himself up out of the water, hoping abandonment would force Sam into action. "Follow me or stay and die. You'll never last in the sea. The water's too cold and rough."

    Sam timed his jump for the next wave. As it crashed into the cavern, he leapt on Ty, wrapping his arms around his