King's Ransom (The Xander King Series Book 3) by Bradley Wright

Author:Bradley Wright [Wright, Bradley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

All Aboard

Xander propelled his upper body up out of the water with a powerful kick of his legs, stretched his right arm as high as it would go, and wrapped his hand around the chrome guardrail. Before she could react, he snatched Sam by the back of the shirt and lifted her with his free hand until she too could reach the rail.

“Chivalry isn’t dead,” she quipped.

By the light shining on her from the top of the boat, Xander could see that her lips were blue and her face was pale. Yet her sense of humor remained. On the float to the middle of the boat, Xander had not seen anyone lurking. No shadowy figures with guns on the bow. It seemed odd. Sam pulled herself up and over the rail, then crouched down on the walkway to stay below the bottom of the window. Xander watched her do it but couldn’t hear it due to the rushing of the water and the gurgle of the engine. That was a good thing. He pulled himself up and over, and crouched beside Sam.

Over the hum of the engine that rattled at the back of the long dinner boat, Sam whispered, “You see anyone?”

“Nobody.”

Sam frowned. “I don’t like this.”

“No shit.”

She glanced up to the top of the boat. “I’m going to make my way up there as you move inside from the back. I’ll check the wheelhouse and see if there is anything suspicious. If it’s just the captain, I’ll move my way on over to the rooftop deck. We don’t want the captain to alert anyone that we are here if we don’t have to. I’ll be able to cover you from the top.”

Xander unzipped his go bag and handed Sam the SAT phone. “Take this. If something happens to me, call Sarah and get her to send a boat out here.”

“If something happens to you, something happens to me.”

“No, Sam.” Xander took her forearm in his hand. “Not this time. If something happens to me, you have to get Natalie out of here. Promise me.”

“Xan—”

He squeezed. “Sam, I can’t have her get hurt. I can’t let something happen to her because of me.”

Xander watched Sam study his face. He could see her weighing the thought. “Fine. But, Xander?”

Xander just stared, waiting.

“This is the last time we do this to save a woman.”

Xander didn’t smile, and he didn’t make a joke. His face was dead serious. “Sam . . . this is the last time we do this, period.”

Xander let go of her arm and strapped the go bag back onto his back. As they parted ways, not another word was spoken.

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