Believe me, I'll keep my hands to myself. This water looks alive with every known parasite and creepy-crawly known to man." She wasn't sure which was scarier, the critters she could see or those she couldn't. "Can you swim?" "I'm not getting in the water." "Brace your feet on the sides and bring your paddles in and lock them. There's white water ahead." "White water?" "Rapids." "That wasrhetori —" Her words cut off with a scream as the small, narrow pirogue slewed sideways in a froth of white water. She grabbed the gunwale with both hands and braced her feet as best she could. Hadn't she been the one craving adventure? The adrenaline spike was pure fear. "Dig deep and hold on!" Sam yelled over the scaling thunder of the water. The boat pitched sideways, going down at a steep angle. "Forward paddle—hard!" The men's oars weren't in the water because they were riding on air. It was electrifying. Terrifying, but heart thumping exhilarating.Elizabeth hung on for dear life, and lifted her face to the diamonds of spray jettisoning around her.
