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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

She swept him up, still running, and he threw his arms around her neck and kissed her cheek. He was clinging so tightly to her neck that she found it hard to breathe, but she didn’t care. He was there. He was really there, and he wasn’t fading into a pile of dust. She knew that she was with him again, at last.

She knew in her heart that, this time, it wasn’t a dream.

SEVENTY-FOUR

Cormack saw Kit go into the water with Vincente Carpio. The MEP boat he’d driven into Javier Carpio’s craft was taking on water, but it didn’t seem as though it would sink immediately. He and Cicero Andolini were shooting at Javier Carpio and the men on the second boat. It was an even fight until Steele and Vincente went into the water. Javier Carpio lost his focus as he rushed to the side of the boat to try to retrieve his brother, and a fresh volley of gunfire from the shore hit him in the head and took out two of his last men.

Cormack dove over the side of the boat, swimming down furiously to save Kit. He could see nothing underwater, and he had only a rough idea of where they had gone in. He came up twice for a breath, and then dove down one last time.

He could barely feel his fingers anymore, but just as he was about to come up for air again, he thought he felt something like fabric brush up against his hand. He churned his arms, and felt a wrist. Grabbing hold of it, he kicked to the surface, fighting the need to take a breath until his head broke the surface. He was right next to the pier, and a dozen law enforcement officers were leaning over him, reaching down. He looked at his hand, still grasping the arm, and saw the orange jumpsuit.

He let out an angry scream. “Goddammit!” Cicero Andolini was on the pier, too, and Cormack, out of breath and frozen, looked at him. “She’s still down there!” he shouted. He was trying to force air into his lungs, but hypothermia was setting in, and his muscles weren’t functioning properly anymore.

“She is,” Cicero agreed. “She’s gone, Cormack. And you will be, too, if you don’t get out of the water.”

Cormack knew he was right, but he couldn’t bring himself to climb onto the pier. Two BPD officers reached down and hauled him up. There were emergency crews on the scene still trying to cope with the dead and injured from the attack on the courthouse, and one of them put a blanket over Cormack’s shoulders.