Nemesis
“The day had been overcast, and the failing light merely deepened the existing gloom.
Rossiter climbed to the top of the broch again, as he’d done in the early hours of the morning. This time, the ground below was silent, not teeming with activity. The sea all around was restless, discontented. Even the circling gulls sounded troubled.
It was a serious setback. Rossiter was nothing if not honest with himself. And it would make next time that much more difficult.
But setbacks were just that. Obst...acles to be overcome, or circumvented.
He’d watched a few of the news reports down below, in the modified caverns. A suspected terrorist incident had been thwarted at King’s Cross Station. Depending on how much information was allowed to leak out, over the next few days the incident would be upgraded to major catastrophe.
Saburova had called him at three ten in the afternoon to report that she’d collected the item, at the rendezvous point in Barnet, North London.
Half an hour later, she’d rung to confirm: the package was in place at King’s Cross.MoreLess
Rossiter climbed to the top of the broch again, as he’d done in the early hours of the morning. This time, the ground below was silent, not teeming with activity. The sea all around was restless, discontented. Even the circling gulls sounded troubled.
It was a serious setback. Rossiter was nothing if not honest with himself. And it would make next time that much more difficult.
But setbacks were just that. Obst...acles to be overcome, or circumvented.
He’d watched a few of the news reports down below, in the modified caverns. A suspected terrorist incident had been thwarted at King’s Cross Station. Depending on how much information was allowed to leak out, over the next few days the incident would be upgraded to major catastrophe.
Saburova had called him at three ten in the afternoon to report that she’d collected the item, at the rendezvous point in Barnet, North London.
Half an hour later, she’d rung to confirm: the package was in place at King’s Cross.MoreLess
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