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“No?” He lowered the weapon and fired. Dirt flew up a few inches in front of her. Kris couldn’t help but scoot back.
Dougal followed. “Get in.”
Kris lifted her chin. “I won’t.”
Bam!
Earth exploded centimeters from her right toe. She stumbled into water just past her ankles. Kris tried to inch forward.
Bam!
Water sprayed to her left. This time she held her ground, gritted her teeth, refused to move, though she did flinch. Bam, right. Bam, left. Right. Right. Left. Left.
He reloaded so fast and fluidly, she only managed a single step forward before he shot again. Three in succession—to her right and left and right. Dizzy, ears ringing, she swayed.
And the water erupted as Nessie broke the surface.
The creature brushed past Kris, heading for Dougal, teeth bared. Dougal’s eyes bulged, the whites flaring in the bright morning sun. He fired, emptying his clip into the gray seal-like skin.
Nessie flopped into the shallows like a beached fish and lay still.
Kris’s mind froze as solidly as her feet already had in the icy waters of the loch. She stared at the massive bleeding dead lump that was Nessie.
“Huh.” Dougal looked at his gun.
“Th-th-that’s—” Kris’s teeth began to chatter.
“Unfortunate,” Dougal finished.
Kris had meant to say impossible, but obviously not. From what she could see, Nessie had already stopped breathing. Perhaps a descendant of the witch who created the monster was the only one who could end the monster. Who knew?
Kris’s whole world shifted, and everything became clear—an instant too late.
Seduction was one thing, love completely another. Great sex could not make you feel something you didn’t truly feel.
Like the love she felt for Liam Grant.
“Well.” Dougal slapped in a third clip. How many did he have? “I can work with this. Drown you, say she did it and I had to shoot her. Too bad about the video. I would have enjoyed it later, but sometimes you have to improvise.” He tossed the gun aside, grabbed Kris’s arm, and began to drag her into the loch.
Kris struggled. Not that she cared about drowning. Not anymore. Liam had died saving her. He’d died believing she hated him. She’d wondered if she would ever feel again the way she felt about Liam. Now she knew that she wouldn’t, and the luster of life dimmed.
However, she wasn’t going to let Dougal get away with blaming her death on Nessie. And the only way to ensure that was to live.
So Kris fought. She dug in her heels; she struggled and screamed. Dougal yanked and scratched and cursed.
Then he slapped her.
Behind him, the eyes of the Loch Ness Monster opened.
*
On land Liam was slow and ponderous. But in the water he was king. So he played dead, and he waited for that murdering bastard Dougal Scott to get but a little closer.
Crack!
The distinct sound of flesh meeting flesh caused Liam’s eyes to snap open just as Dougal hit her again.
Liam’s neck snaked out, his body already rolling into the water as his jaws closed on Dougal’s thigh, biting deep, tasting blood. Together they thrashed, but the man was no match for the monster. Dougal’s scream cut off as he was pulled beneath the surface.
