Tundra
“It was the fact that Wyatt knew his name.
Entire tapestries threatened to unravel. Had Wyatt been expecting his arrival, which meant his cover had been blown before he’d even left London? Was Purkiss by now so recognisable in the international intelligence community that Wyatt had identified him on first contact?
And, from the bleakest reaches of his mind, the nasty sewer into which Purkiss had first tapped last summer, en route to a possible ambush in Riyadh: has Vale set me up?
Beside Wyatt, ...propped against the wall, was a rifle. Purkiss assumed it was one of the ten Medievsky had mentioned, the small arsenal for use as protection from bears. It looked to Purkiss like a Ruger Hawkeye.
The gun in Wyatt’s hands was probably his own. A Walther PPK.
Wyatt said, ‘Lock the door.’ The key was in the lock on the inside. Purkiss complied.
Wyatt gestured him closer. ‘We haven’t much time. Sooner or later, someone’s going to notice your absence and raise the alarm.’ Purkiss pulled off his goggles, felt numbing heat melt his exposed skin.MoreLess
Entire tapestries threatened to unravel. Had Wyatt been expecting his arrival, which meant his cover had been blown before he’d even left London? Was Purkiss by now so recognisable in the international intelligence community that Wyatt had identified him on first contact?
And, from the bleakest reaches of his mind, the nasty sewer into which Purkiss had first tapped last summer, en route to a possible ambush in Riyadh: has Vale set me up?
Beside Wyatt, ...propped against the wall, was a rifle. Purkiss assumed it was one of the ten Medievsky had mentioned, the small arsenal for use as protection from bears. It looked to Purkiss like a Ruger Hawkeye.
The gun in Wyatt’s hands was probably his own. A Walther PPK.
Wyatt said, ‘Lock the door.’ The key was in the lock on the inside. Purkiss complied.
Wyatt gestured him closer. ‘We haven’t much time. Sooner or later, someone’s going to notice your absence and raise the alarm.’ Purkiss pulled off his goggles, felt numbing heat melt his exposed skin.MoreLess
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