Again, the surface of the lagoon rose and dropped as if something of immense proportion had stirred beneath it. A swell sent out from the movement slapped the posts, sending a cool mist around his bare thighs.
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Along the banks, the drumming increased in tempo. Anticipation swelled. Shouts and cheers rose from the tribesmen as the fin arced through the darkness and turned toward the posts. The great white lunged from the lagoon. The shark’s hyper-extended jaws soared above the surface, zeroing in on the bound man.
As it did, a new set of colossal jaws burst from the water. Machete-sized, spiked teeth surrounded the great white shark and the sacrifice, engulfing them both in a single split second.
The mammoth creature had elicited such a splash that it was impossible to make out its lines. All the men could see were jaws—massive, indomitable, twelve feet or more in circumference—closing around its prey, ripping the man from the wooden poles, leaving only his hands and feet still tied to them.
“Kuta Keb-la! Kuta Keb-la!” The tribesmen went wild with religious fervor as the body of Captain Frank Addelson disappeared beneath the waves, into the jaws of . . . the beast.
A clap of thunder echoed through the cave.
A flicker of lightning, and a huge swell sent out from the plunging head crashed into the rocks, sending a spray over the cheering crowd. In the center of the lagoon, the water boiled beneath the empty pilings, while smoke from the extinguished torches curled and drifted upward to the stalactites.
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