Day of Wrath
“RELAYS JUNE 14 Charlottenbur, Berlin Colonel Peter Thorn stepped out of the shower and quickly slipped into the short-sleeved shirt and slacks he’d borrowed from their host.
Luckily, he and Andrew Griffin were much the same size. Then he left the bathroom, still toweling his wet hair—moving quietly out of long habit and hard training. He paused in the doorway to the living room.
The ex-S.A.S officer’s Charlottenburg flat occupied the entire top floor of an elegant house that had once belonged to a wealthy industrialist.
Large windows looked down onto a wide, treelined avenue—now a sea of leaves waving gently beneath a wide, cloudless blue sky. The ornate facades of the houses across the avenue rose above the bright green leaves like wind-sculpted cliffs rising from the ocean. Summer was close at hand.
Helen Gray stood gazing out the window, silhouetted by the mid-morning sun. The light cast a dazzling halo around her dark hair and brought the perfect profile of her fac...e into sharp relief.MoreLess
Luckily, he and Andrew Griffin were much the same size. Then he left the bathroom, still toweling his wet hair—moving quietly out of long habit and hard training. He paused in the doorway to the living room.
The ex-S.A.S officer’s Charlottenburg flat occupied the entire top floor of an elegant house that had once belonged to a wealthy industrialist.
Large windows looked down onto a wide, treelined avenue—now a sea of leaves waving gently beneath a wide, cloudless blue sky. The ornate facades of the houses across the avenue rose above the bright green leaves like wind-sculpted cliffs rising from the ocean. Summer was close at hand.
Helen Gray stood gazing out the window, silhouetted by the mid-morning sun. The light cast a dazzling halo around her dark hair and brought the perfect profile of her fac...e into sharp relief.MoreLess
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