He started making his way toward Marshal’s garage, where he had stored a large bag of weapons.It didn’t matter where he went, he always came prepared.Marshal followed him without a command, and when he grabbed the bag and pulled it onto the table, opening it up, Marshal gasped.
“Is that mine or yours?”
“It’s mine,” Knox said.“You better listen closely to what I’m going to tell you, because if you fail me tonight and anything happens to Ava, I will kill you myself.Do you understand?”
“I’m all ears,” Marshal said.“Tell me what you need me to do.”
He needed Marshal to keep his shit together.
Chapter Eleven
Ava came to with hervision slightly blurry.She closed her eyes then opened them and closed them again.Slowly, her vision started to clear and as it did, she glanced around her surroundings.They were at ...the docks?
Was that the ocean she heard?She inhaled and it smelled fresh.Well, as fresh as a rotting sea shed could smell.She saw several hooks and what appeared to be fishing tackle.
She tried to move, but she was tied to a chair and the rope was cutting into her body.It was tight.It had been a long time since she’d been tied to anything, and she had no choice but to slow her breathing down.Panicking would not be ideal.
As she looked across the shed, she then noticed someone hanging upside down.The man wore all black, only his mask had been pulled off and his throat slit.The blood dripped onto the floor, and she imagined it soaking through the floorboards and into the ocean below.
Her mind went straight to sharks.Either sharks or alligators or crocodiles, maybe even octopus, but then she was going through all the sea and water monster movies she’d seen.
This was not good.Not because of the risk of a shark, but did they attack through wood?Crap, this was not helping her to stay calm.
“Ah, I see you’re awake.”
She turned to look in the direction of the voice, and the door had opened up, and in came a man.Not one she recognized.He had blonde hair to his shoulders.Like his buddy, he was dressed all in black, only his throat wasn’t cut and he wasn’t hanging upside down.
“Who are you?”she asked.
He chuckled.“I’m surprised you don’t know, being Knox’s PA and all that.I thought the rumors were false, but then I did a little digging and I realized the best way to Knox is through you.”
“You’re the guy who attacked the house?”
“Actually, I am and I’m not.I did pay a couple of guys to attack the house, but I just wanted them to bring me Knox.That man has cost me a fortune, the little pest he is.”
Ava looked at him, and he wasn’t anyone she recognized.
