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“No!” Miles stroked through the water, praying Lake didn’t drown Eva before he could reach them.
Lake saw him coming too late. Miles barreled into the man with his shoulder, knocking him away.
“Hey!”
Miles used his legs to propel his body up above the waves, rising above the water like a vengeful Poseidon, giving him the angle to slam his fist into Lake’s nose. Blood spurted. The man cursed and finally released Eva. She popped up, her arms and legs churning as she gasped and sputtered and coughed.
The WaveRunner was close by, bobbing in the waves.
Miles grasped Eva around the waist, tugged her to the machine, and hefted her up. “Grab the handles.”
She did, propelling herself up. “Miles!”
Lake lunged at him from behind, wrapping his elbow around his neck and choking him. The hold wasn’t tight enough, allowing Miles enough slack to twist and slam his elbow back into the man’s chin. Lake cursed but didn’t let go.
The boat was bearing down on them. Miles could see a crew that definitely wasn’t here to help him and Eva.
“Go,” he gritted out to Eva, pointing toward the shore where her bodyguards would be waiting.
“No,” she cried out, thankfully staying on the machine as she continued to cough out the water from her near-drowning.
She wouldn’t leave without him. Shoot. She needed to. Miles could duck under the water and swim back to shore before the boat knew where he’d disappeared to, but Eva’s safety was all that mattered.
He ducked down into the water, taking Lake with him. The man’s grip slackened, and Miles shoved his arms off. He pivoted and rotated Lake around in front of him, then grabbed Lake’s arm. As he surfaced, he kept Lake’s face underwater and yanked on his arm until he heard a pop.
Lake’s garbled scream assured him the man’s shoulder had come clear of the socket. With a dislocated shoulder, he wouldn’t be choking Miles anytime soon, drowning Eva, or following them.
“Miles,” Eva cried out, reaching for him.
“Scoot up on the machine,” he urged.
Lake surfaced, whining and cursing them.
The pale blue boat was a hundred feet away, slowing to approach them.
Miles dodged behind the WaveRunner, grabbed the sides, and pulled himself up. It rocked dangerously. If they went in, they’d be in trouble.
He heard more motors approaching from the northeast. That didn’t make sense. He glanced over and saw two WaveRunners angling their direction from the beach. Miles had no idea whose side they were on. He couldn’t make out their faces yet.
“Mr. Eastwood?” a man called from the boat.
“Shoot them!” Lake screamed. “Kill them!”
Miles pressed the button to start the WaveRunner. They needed distance and they needed it now.
The machine didn’t start.
Lake held up the bracelet with the key that disengaged the motor when the rider fell off, grinning viciously as the blood from his nose mixed with the water.
“Kill them!” he screamed.
Men appeared at the railing of the boat, aiming assault rifles down at them. Miles grabbed Eva and yanked her off the machine, falling to the side that would give them some cover and concealment.
Shots rang out. He tugged Eva under the water, praying she’d be okay after almost drowning half a minute ago. Her eyes were wide and terrified.
He wrapped one arm around her waist and angled them in the water away from the boat. He feared they wouldn’t get enough distance before Eva needed to surface. Unfortunately, it wasn’t dark enough outside to hide.
The WaveRunners from shore were suddenly in his vision.
