His first instinct was to fight. Instead, he forced himself to stay still. The whale turned, and Nathaniel slid sideways before the tongue pushed him gently back. Nathaniel couldn’t understand why the whale had swallowed him. Far from the many myths that circulated, whales did not eat people.
“We need help now,” Elena said above. The captain was already reaching for the emergency radio. “Not until I know what I’m telling them.” He looked toward the water. “A diver disappeared into a whale’s mouth,” Elena snapped. “That’s exactly what you tell them.”