Death Master
Copyright© 2026 by Ka Hmnd
Chapter 13: Sending a message
I walked down the cobblestone street and turned in at the small café. I glanced around before crossing to an empty table. The young waitress crossed and smiled, “Coffee?”
I smiled back and nodded, “Black.”
I had only been here one time, and that was two years before. I checked each of the other customers before opening my small netbook. This part of France was new to me. I had only spent a few days here last time. I plugged in the small device that would allow me to bounce and switch my IP around the world.
The first message was from a new contact in Asia. The second, though ... I looked around and read the e-mail before deleting it and then using a scrubber program. First was a trip to Paris and then a small shop very few knew of. After that, it was a waiting game before my mark was alone. He was an unassuming man few would suspect was a spy, let alone the section chief.
I slipped up behind him as he stood in front of a urinal and touched him in the small of his back. “Do not turn. Contact control on your cell, tell them the man they enquired about is with you and wants details.”
He shifted but moved slowly to do as I wanted. When he finished, there was a pause, and he held the phone over his shoulder. “They want to tell you in person.”
I smiled and used my other hand to take the phone. I put it to my ear. “Go.”
I listened as a computer-enhanced voice began briefing me on the target. When the phone went quiet, I handed the phone back and backed away before slipping out. I left the building through a basement that connected to another building. My exit from France and Europe went unnoticed, as did my entrance into the small Arabian country.
My dress and manner were those of just another Muslim. The palace I slowly checked had very good security but not perfect. The man I wanted was a younger brother of the ruler and a very nasty character. It took two weeks to find the way in and out I wanted. It was just past midnight when I climbed the side wall.
I waited just below the top until both the guard and the camera swept past. I went over quickly and started down the inside wall. I moved sideways into the shadow of a large tree and waited as another camera swept the top of the wall. Once it had passed me, I moved to the corner before starting down.
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