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Chapters (82)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. THIRTY-ONE
  35. THIRTY-TWO
  36. THIRTY-THREE
  37. THIRTY-FOUR
  38. THIRTY-FIVE
  39. THIRTY-SIX
  40. THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. THIRTY-NINE
  43. FORTY
  44. FORTY-ONE
  45. FORTY-TWO
  46. FORTY-THREE
  47. FORTY-FOUR
  48. FORTY-FIVE
  49. FORTY-SIX
  50. FORTY-SEVEN
  51. FORTY-EIGHT
  52. FORTY-NINE
  53. FIFTY
  54. FIFTY-ONE
  55. FIFTY-TWO
  56. FIFTY-THREE
  57. FIFTY-FOUR
  58. FIFTY-FIVE
  59. FIFTY-SIX
  60. FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. FIFTY-NINE
  63. SIXTY
  64. SIXTY-ONE
  65. SIXTY-TWO
  66. SIXTY-THREE
  67. SIXTY-FOUR
  68. SIXTY-FIVE
  69. SIXTY-SIX
  70. SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. SIXTY-NINE
  73. SEVENTY
  74. SEVENTY-ONE
  75. SEVENTY-TWO
  76. SEVENTY-THREE
  77. SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. SEVENTY-SIX
  80. Praise for Blood in the Water
  81. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  82. Newsletter Sign-up

Suarez stared at the girl. Killing the two men had seemed simple; they’d been stupid. They thought their assignment was an easy one—who in their right mind would try again to get to Cormack O’Connell’s daughter? But then, Suarez had never been in his right mind. Not really. All it took was an innocuous noise outside the kitchen door to draw the first man in. Suarez’s blade sliced through his throat before he could make a sound. The second man had put up more of a fight, and had then run to the kitchen, where Suarez carved him up effectively. He’d thought he was dead as he dragged his body back toward the door, but the man had more life in him than Suarez had anticipated. That was easily rectified.

Now he was standing before the girl, covered in blood. She was staring back at him, her eyes wide with terror. His orders were simple. “Come with me,” he said. “Come with me, or you will die now.”

She was shaking her head, babbling something, perhaps begging him to leave her alone. He couldn’t make out the words, and his English had never been perfect anyway. He hoped she would see reason and come with him. Soh would kill her eventually, but at least that way Suarez wouldn’t be the one putting her under the blade. He’d started to wonder what all the killing was for. Soh was in the process of sacrificing the boys Suarez had recruited with promises of brotherhood and family. He’d always known that it was overblown, but a part of him believed it. He believed that the organization was giving these boys something they would never find anywhere else. Now it seemed that it was all a lie, and that realization had dimmed his desire for killing.

“Come with me,” he repeated.

She was still babbling, backed up against the kitchen counter. It was foolish of her, and Suarez knew he couldn’t waste any more time there. He should just kill her and be done with it, but he thought, perhaps, if he gave one pull on her shoulder, she would overcome her shock and fear.

He stepped toward her and pulled on her sweatshirt. “Come! Now!” he ordered. He was looking into her eyes, and something about them literally took his breath away. He wondered what it was. And then he looked down.