A child wouldn't understand any of this. He shook his head again and again. "He's Uncle Shane. This is Daddy!"

"Waaah!" The boy burst into tears. "Daddy's bleeding! Daddy's bleeding!"

The crying grated on Catherine's nerves. Abruptly, she yanked the knife out of Ace's back. Blood immediately sprayed out, and before she could dodge, half her face was splattered red.

Now, one side of her face was smeared with blood. And with a knife dangling from her hand, she looked terrifying.

She started wa