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“The Fargos It has to be Hoould they do that?”

“I’ into it It doesn’t matter If they leave, I’ll know it”

“How?”

Kholkov explained, and Bondaruk said, “What about the book?”

“I had a ot security I think it would cause more trouble than it’s worth And since we’ll knohere they’re going and when, we can let them do the hard work for us”

“Agreed”

Bondaruk hung up, strode to his , and forced hiht: There was still tio and many hurdles to clear before they reached the end Sooner or later they would make a mistake When they did, Kholkov would be there

CHAPTER 34

SEVASTOPOL

Sam pulled their rented Opel coupe off the dirt road and coasted to a stop a few feet froe Sunset was an hour away and the sun was already dropping toward the western horizon, cast ing the surface of the Black Sea in tones of gold and red Directly below theed directly into the blue-green water and just offshore dozens of spires of jagged rock jutted fro surf

In the distance, a gull cawed, then went silent, leaving only the sound of wind rushing through Sam’s open

“A little foreboding,” Remi murmured

“Just a tad,” Saain, it does suit his reputation”

The “he” in question was Hadeon Bondaruk Knowing that without another bottle hich to complete the next lines of the cipher, Sa Bondaruk’s bottle

It was a dangerous if not foolish idea, but their adventures had taught thes, one of which Sam had dubbed the Inverse Law of Power and Assumption of Invulnerability Given Bondaruk’s power and notoriety, who in their right ned as Ukraine’s pin for so un to believe his own press Certainly he and his property ell guarded, but, like muscles that haven’t been exercised for rown lax—or at least that was the theory