"The status is volatile, Lyra," Rafael replied softly into the transmitter, a cold smile touching his lips as the internal primer inside the mine clicked into place.
The sudden detonation tore through the harbor night, turning seawater and dark air into a blinding wall of orange flame.
The shockwave slammed into the speedboat's fiberglass hull, tossing Lieutenant Miller like a ragdoll straight over the stern into the churning ocean swells.
Rafael did not wait for the blast wave to engulf the deck. He leaped backward into the black ocean an instant before the fuel tanks exploded into a roaring fireball.
Cold salt water swallowed him whole, the deafening underwater rumble vibrating through his chest as shattered metal rained down into the depths.
He kicked his legs with steady, po
