Chapter 28

She shrieked. "What are you doing?"

"Creating an escape." Already, the fresh air from outside revived him. Lifting the stench of death and fear, filling him with optimism and an urge to surf.

"There's a kraken and bottomless water out there."

"Which is better than the metal coffin we're stuck in." He continued to jab, pushing out the glass, creating a hole large enough for them to escape. He turned and held out his hand to Lana in courtesy. Definitely not Viking. Totally out of character.

Did she appreciate it?

She shrieked, "Behind you."

He turned. Sure enough, a tentacle rose, probably a cousin to the cock-blocking creature that'd killed the plane's captain. He grumbled, "Would it have killed you to wait a few seconds? I was having a moment with my wench."

The kraken apparently didn't know how to help a brother out. The sucker-studded tentacles arrowed for the hole he'd made.