Threat Level Black
“Kuong thought of the moment again and again as he traveled in the hold of the cargo plane to his next stop in the Philippines. It haunted him, as all his faults haunted him, mocking him again and again even as he vowed to correct it.
Had he lost his nerve? He remembered pulling the trigger twice, then looking at the gun, then firing again.
He remembered it but he couldn’t trust the memory. Why would his pistol misfire?
If the American had not thought to make him get rid of his first gun, he wou...ld not have needed his backup weapon. That was cleverness on his enemy’s part. And yet, Kuong had foreseen that possibility, and prepared for it.
Had Fate played a hand? Was it mere bad luck—or something beyond? He could think of no other pistol failing him, at least not a gun that he had cleaned and loaded himself. He had used the weapon a short time before to dispatch the traitor, Dr. Park. Surely it could not have broken or even fouled in the meantime.
Fate, then. Luck: the other man’s.MoreLess
Had he lost his nerve? He remembered pulling the trigger twice, then looking at the gun, then firing again.
He remembered it but he couldn’t trust the memory. Why would his pistol misfire?
If the American had not thought to make him get rid of his first gun, he wou...ld not have needed his backup weapon. That was cleverness on his enemy’s part. And yet, Kuong had foreseen that possibility, and prepared for it.
Had Fate played a hand? Was it mere bad luck—or something beyond? He could think of no other pistol failing him, at least not a gun that he had cleaned and loaded himself. He had used the weapon a short time before to dispatch the traitor, Dr. Park. Surely it could not have broken or even fouled in the meantime.
Fate, then. Luck: the other man’s.MoreLess
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