Otis had heaved a cement block over the side of the boat, which had been barreling toward me. Caspian reached for my arm and yanked me toward him. His cut hand latching onto my cut arm as he pulled me to his body.
A bright light engulfed us, causing me to squeeze my eyes shut in fear it would blind me. I could still see it behind my eyelids, it grew and sparkled, causing sharp pains in my eyes as my corneas tried to adjust rapidly to it.
Then once the light had begun to fade I felt a new pain radiate into my low back from my spine and through my legs into my toes. Convinced that Otis had thrown another block over the side of his boat and it had hit me and perhaps this is what it truly felt like to die.
Caspian swiveled me around and I could hear another brick whiz past me. The sudden n
