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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

Vincente was still holding the woman, and he tried to pull her with him onto the second boat, but she was too strong, and she fought him. He’d wanted to take his time with her. He’d wanted to enjoy the experience of watching her scream as he cut her to pieces—savor the delight in witnessing her agony and holding her gaze as the life faded from her eyes. It wasn’t to be, but he could still take some small joy from her death.

He pulled her close and whispered into her ear, “You will not be the last,” he said to her. Then he pushed the gun under her protective vest and fired four times, just under her ribs. He kept his hand there so he could feel the warmth of her blood as it spilled out.

He stepped back and looked her in the eyes as she felt the pain. She was strong, there was no doubt. She fought death as she looked at him, but they both knew death would win—and quickly.

“Vincente, now!” Javier yelled. The police and marshals were back on the seawall, firing down, and there was now only one machine gun firing back, so they were harder to disperse.

“You will not be the last!” Vincente yelled into Kit’s face. Then he let her go and moved quickly to jump into the other boat.

SEVENTY-TWO

T’phong Soh was moving as fast as he could away from the courthouse. He held O’Connell’s daughter by the hair at the back of her head with one hand, and a knife to her stomach with the other. She’d struggled at first, but when he showed her the knife and held it against her she’d become more cooperative. He kept the knife low, against her belly, to avoid anyone noticing. It seemed unlikely that anyone would pay any attention to the two of them as they hurried away from the site of the attack. The entire area was in chaos.

He’d seen her run past him, and was shocked that she was there. That meant that Juan Suarez had failed in his mission, and it meant that Soh would have one card fewer to play against O’Connell when the day was over.

He would kill her as soon as he was sure that he could get away undetected. He would have preferred to take her hostage, but it wasn’t practical under the circumstances. At least her death would send a final message to Cormack before Soh took over the harbor. If he was confronted by the police before he could get away, though, a hostage would come in handy.