8Splashing and coughing, Raka floundered in the water, struggling to stay afloat without knowing how to swim. Instinctively, she kicked and flapped her arms, barely keeping her head above the surface.
Panic flooded her, overwhelming all rational thought. She was living her worst nightmare, floating alone in the deep, dark ocean.
And that was not even the worst of it.
Through eyes blurred by seawater, she saw the back fins of the six hostile sharks. The six were moving close together, pushing past the overturned boat, heading straight for her.
If she had known how to swim, she at least would have tried to get away, as hopeless as that would have been...but all that she could do now was watch and wait as her doom slid closer.
Raka's heart pounded like a fist inside her chest. A wave
