Another Contract With The Creature

"YOU'RE DEAD!".

Drake heard the sound of Igris's voice from inside the airship. He'd scattered his shadows after the crash to search for the woman who was nowhere to be found.

'Fuck!'. He cursed in his head before raising his face above the water which was just a few feet away from the ceiling now. "Woman!!". He called out and his voice echoed above the water level.

Fred was saved by the shadow with him and was being taken to a different country by now. He'd sent two more shadows to ensure he wasn't eaten by sharks - although they were traveling at a speed similar to that of a speedboat while he was unconscious.

The money for his welfare was already prepared at the destination.

Whoever Igris had just threatened to kill was surely not Diane since he needed her alive. But if she was on this ship, dead or alive... the shadows would have seen her.

Could she have fallen into the ocean already?

If so...