“Yeah, well, that doesn’t matter.I’ll be known as the one that killed the infamous Knox.”He charged at him, and Knox had already reached for his knife and sliced across the man’s body.
The shock on his face would have been funny, if not for the fact that the love of his life could be drowning.
“That’s for my house,” Knox said.“That’s for sending a man after my woman.”He sliced his knife again.“That’s for trying to distract me with bounty hunters.And this one is for Ava.I saw that bruise on her face.”He plunged the knife into the man’s eye, and then he pulled back, letting him fall to the ground.He was already dead.It didn’t fucking matter who he was.
Going to the latch in the floor, he felt the whole building creak.
“Ava!Marshal!”
He was just about to jump in the water when Marshal and Ava cleared the water.
Knox had never been so damn happy to see both of them.Reaching down, he grabbed Ava, pulled her up into the shed, then he reached for Marshal.
“I swear I felt a fucking shark,” Marshal said.
Knox didn’t know if sharks came this close, but it was an old-looking dock that didn’t have a lot of money flowing through it.
Once Marshal was clear, he turned to Ava and didn’t even have to wait.He pulled Ava into his arms, and she cupped his face, kissing him.
“Thank you.Thank you.Thank you!I knew you were going to come for me.I knew you weren’t going to let me die.”She kissed him.
He cupped her cheeks and forced her to look at him.“I love you,” he said.He was not going to let another moment slide where she didn’t know the truth.The smile on her lips was going to stay with him forever.
“I love you too,” she said.“Let’s not allow that to happen again, yeah?”
She was shaking just a little, and he knew that was from shock.
“Look, guys, I find this touching, but we’re still in a damn fish shed, with two dead guys, and I don’t think I’ll ever look at fishing the same way again, or movies.We could have been shark food, and I think we should leave and actually get that pizza, what do you say?”
He heard the quiver in Marshal’s voice.
Getting to his feet, he banded an arm around his woman and turned to Marshal.“You did good tonight,” Knox said, holding his hand out for him to shake.
Marshal looked down at his hand, and then he turned to look at Ava.“You heard that, right?I did good?”
“I heard it.”
“Good, good.I will treasure this moment forever, but can we get the fuck out of here?”Marshal asked.
Knox was more than ready to do that.He gave Marshal his woman as he grabbed what he needed from the car.He was always prepared for everything.Dousing the fishing shed in gasoline, he pulled out a match and set it on fire.Stepping back, he took Ava into his arms and watched the shed as it burned.
“Are you okay?”he asked.
“Yeah, I’m okay.Don’t get me wrong, I thought I was going to die when I fell into that water, but Marshal untied me.”
Knox looked over to Marshal with a frown.“You untied her?”
“Years of being bored, I learned how to tie knots and untie them.For a long time, I wanted to be a pirate, own my own boat.Then I watched shark movies, and decided I like land.Guess what, I still like land, and I swear there was a shark in there.Do you think he was keeping it as a pet?”
“No,” Knox said.
“Who was that man?”Marshal asked.
“Someone who was paid by your ex-wife, and promised riches,” Ava said.“He was pissed with Knox for taking his meal ticket away, so he wanted to kill Knox.”She shrugged.“It was kind of lame, to be honest, but he sure can punch.”
Knox tightened his hold around his woman and knew he was not going to let her go.
“What now?”Marshal asked.
