CHAPTER 39

Two other men charged forward, their guns firing towards Kingston, but one was dropped by Iker and the second went down when Kingston fired.

“Four… Romy, what do you hear?”

“‘Nothing… It’s quiet… No! Get your filthy hands off me, you bastard!’”

“Romy! What’s happening there?”

“‘Let me go, you coward! King!!!!! King!!!!!’”

“‘Shut up, you little bitch!’” Raoul shouted.

Kingston stared through the scope, and when Raoul came back into view with his gun aimed at Romaine’s head, his entire body exploded in fury.

“Put down your weapons!” Raoul called out to the dockyard. “Do it or I’ll kill her! I swear to God I will!”

“‘King,’” Romaine whispered, and Raoul yanked hard on her hair.

She reached back, trying to get free, but Raoul smacked her with the gun, and Romaine staggered.

“‘King, can you get a shot?’” Iker asked quietly. “‘I’m blocked. I can’t see shit.’”

He scooted forward, his hands the steadiest they’d been in years, and put his eye back to the