Ultimate Weapon
“The world as he knew it had ended.Val stood in the middle of the room, staring at the hole in which she had just stood. She’d left abruptly, distorting space, sucking the air out with her. Leaving a vacuum that made his lungs burn. The one time in his life as a professional liar in which he gave a shit, and the woman had seen right through him, effortlessly. Smoke and mirrors. A gutted hole. A lifetime of training good for nothing. Now what?McCloud came in, looking baffled. “Hey, Janos,” he said gruffly. “Look alive. You heard the lady. Move it.”He just looked at the man stupidly. His throat ached. His brain stalled out.McCloud made an impatient gesture. “Your business here is finished. Go on back to where you came from. And don’t come back.”Val roused himself, retrieved his briefcase. In the anteroom, Nick Ward silently handed him his coat and knife. He shrugged the garment on, sheathed the knife, moving stiffly, like a robot.Ward cleared his throat. “Hey, uh, don’t take it too hard....”Val looked at him, utterly blank.MoreLess
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