The Virtuosic Spy 01 - Deceptive Cadence
“They had emerged from the pub and were moving up the street when suddenly he felt it—a split second of prescience that something was bearing down on him.
His reflexes were at low ebb. He had time only to tense his muscles, crouch, and half-turn before feeling the assailant’s blow against his side. He went sailing into a display of clay water jugs that shattered and crashed around him, and then slammed into a wall beyond before crumpling to the ground.
“Shit.”
He heard the familiar voice cursing... somewhere above him as he scrambled to find his footing.
“You. Follow me and guard the alley. You. Take this and pay that guy for the pots before a riot starts and then go wait in the car.”
A pair of hands jerked him to his feet, and before he could recover his bearings, he was being frog-marched down an adjacent dead-end lane. Near the end of it, he could see Sedgwick’s white SUV parked at an angle.
“Didn’t see that one coming, did you, Danny-boy?” Sedgwick growled into his ear.MoreLess
His reflexes were at low ebb. He had time only to tense his muscles, crouch, and half-turn before feeling the assailant’s blow against his side. He went sailing into a display of clay water jugs that shattered and crashed around him, and then slammed into a wall beyond before crumpling to the ground.
“Shit.”
He heard the familiar voice cursing... somewhere above him as he scrambled to find his footing.
“You. Follow me and guard the alley. You. Take this and pay that guy for the pots before a riot starts and then go wait in the car.”
A pair of hands jerked him to his feet, and before he could recover his bearings, he was being frog-marched down an adjacent dead-end lane. Near the end of it, he could see Sedgwick’s white SUV parked at an angle.
“Didn’t see that one coming, did you, Danny-boy?” Sedgwick growled into his ear.MoreLess
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