The roar of the engine was deafening and the electronics had gone haywire. Lights blinked overhead and he was having trouble distinguishing between the sound of fire and the buzz in his ears.
 
He didn’t say the words, because saying them aloud made them real and all the more dangerous to them. It was something the both of them had only had bad experiences with, and scaring her right now was the last thing he wanted to do.
 
Instead, poised to jump, he glanced from the ocean depths below back up to meet her alarmed gaze.
 
Do you trust me?