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Gregorovich fumed at the insinuation There had to be another explanation It seemed he would have to find that explanation himself “If you want to stop Thero, you’ll have to locate him first The woman is the key That’s undoubtedly why the A her”

“What do you suggest?”

“You haveher?”

Yevchenko nodded

“Have the her to whatever coested

“We have a ship awaiting your arrival A team of coe of the situation but will follow your orders”

“I’d rather hire orovich said

“No,” Yevchenko said

Gregorovich turned away, noticing eon he’d wounded was there, trying desperately to drag its daht of blasting it with the shotgun But it no longer mattered to him He had a new quarry to hunt now

Yevchenko saw it as well, stepping forward

“Leave it,” Gregorovich said “Let it suffer”

Yevchenko stepped away He seemed half pleased and half apprehensive “You’re a very cold orovich This is e choose you Do not fail us again or the suffering will be yours”

SEVENTEEN

Jakarta, Indonesia, 0540 hours

The sun rose over Tanjung Priok Harbor shrouded in a blanket of haze It lit up a thicket of cranes and boothy concrete piers Only seven degrees south of the equator, and a recipient of constant humidity from the Java Sea, the harbor was a sweatbox even at this hour of the