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The driver handed Carlton the keys He went around to the driver’s door and said to Taylor, “Get in”

He took it for a spin around the dockyard, his security teath of the ship

When he stopped back at the trailer where the Bugatti was already being loaded, he said, “What do you think?”

“They certainly don’t make cars like this anyot yourself a real prize”

“It’s the only one of its kind anywhere,” he noted with pride “Make sure it arrives safely”

“Absolutely, sir”

He told the truck driver to keep the cars in the safety of the dockyard until they were ready to be loaded onto the plane the next day

The short drive had put hiood mood, and for the first tioing to be activated on schedule, and the threat of the Vajra satellite launch would be over Carlton would be able to do whatever he wanted, and there was one thing he wanted to doelse

He walked back to the ship with a spring in his step as he iined all the ways he could use Colossus to kill Romir Mallik

FORTY-FOUR

Juan chose three in thefor their infiltration of the Colossus 5 It would be the tiuards were at their most relaxed and vulnerable

He was already halfway between the surface of the water and the ship’s deck The angled boas the part of the Colossus 5 that was most deeply in the shadows, but it also made the climb more difficult One at a tiainst the steel hull, their rubber coating preventing any noise as they adhered to the metal

He looked down and could barelyeffortlessly, their black and gray night ca them difficult to see in the darkness Even if so, it was unlikely they’d be spotted

“Status?” Juan whispered into his comm unit as he approached the top of the hull

“Almost in position,” Eddie replied “Two minutes”