Cradle of Life
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Excerpt
Chapter One
Gus Petraki came down the ladder from the wheelhouse to find his eldest son Nicholas waiting for him on the deck.
"Papa, hey. Papa, listen." Nicholas had stripped to the waist. He had diving tanks on, and held a mask in his right hand. "Let me go down, scout things out for you, all right? Take a quick look, come back, give you the lay of the land, okay?"
Gus shook his head. "No. I said we'd wait, and we'll wait."
"But - "
"No." Gus glared at his son. "Take the tanks off, and go keep watch off the back, all right?"
Nicholas glared, then spun on his heels, heading for the stern, cursing under his breath. Gus smiled, watched as his son shrugged off the tanks. Nicholas was a good boy, even if he was a little impatient. Not without cause - time was of the essence here, but it wouldn't do any good for Nicholas to go down, he didn't have the expertise, the knowledge to know what he was looking for. Or looking at, for that matter.
Gus turned his back on Nicholas and headed toward the front of the boat.
His youngest, Jimmy, staring off the bow throug ... read full excerpt from: The Cradle of Life: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ebook
