Tenacious
“Another survivor shrieked as he was pulled aboard. Sounds of his agony continued then stopped suddenly. Clambering back, Poulden reported quietly. “Sorry, sir, ’e was all burned like.”
“Over th’ side,” Kydd said, without hesitation. He watched as others were pulled in but it was becoming unreal, the martial thunder of guns and battle overlaid with closer sounds of humanity in distress, yet all in terrified thrall to a cataclysm that could happen before he drew his next breath.
They heard a tiny cry in the night and a ship’s boy was heaved in over the sternsheets; he was shivering hysterically and scrabbled for the bottom of the boat, whimpering. “Leave him alone,”
Kydd growled.
The ship was now afire from stem to stern, a towering conflagration of horror that had to be visible as far as Alexandria itself.
Cannon still fired from her lowest line of guns. It was bravery at an insane level, in conditions that could not be imagined.
Kydd’s boat continued on. Two men were found, roped toge...ther, one probably could not swim.MoreLess
“Over th’ side,” Kydd said, without hesitation. He watched as others were pulled in but it was becoming unreal, the martial thunder of guns and battle overlaid with closer sounds of humanity in distress, yet all in terrified thrall to a cataclysm that could happen before he drew his next breath.
They heard a tiny cry in the night and a ship’s boy was heaved in over the sternsheets; he was shivering hysterically and scrabbled for the bottom of the boat, whimpering. “Leave him alone,”
Kydd growled.
The ship was now afire from stem to stern, a towering conflagration of horror that had to be visible as far as Alexandria itself.
Cannon still fired from her lowest line of guns. It was bravery at an insane level, in conditions that could not be imagined.
Kydd’s boat continued on. Two men were found, roped toge...ther, one probably could not swim.MoreLess
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