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The guard who hurries to Vladilass just before it hits the floor

The line of Bes’s jaw turns hard, but his regard re, Volkov moved One second more, and I would’ve had him”

Vladimir rolls onto the balls of his feet “Unfortunately, one second is all it takes to blow a plan to pieces”

A muscle ticks in Bes’s temple “Mistakes happen in my business, but I’ve never failed to finish a job I don’t intend to start now”

“Mistakes” Vladi to stand in front of the glass wall that forms one side of a Perspex pool

The turquoise water is lit The filter pu soft waves of light over the walls

“Once,the way the water distorts the figure of the woe of the pool “But twice?”

“Slipping and fracturing my wrist was an unfortunate mishap,” Bes says “If not, you would’ve had Katherine Morrell by now”

The woht at Vladimir From behind the wall of water, he can’tShe stretches out her arracefully Her naked body coh the water and swirls like a ribbon,live portrait in the Perspex frame

“The truth is, Bes,” Vladi on the way her nipples contract into hard points fro tired of excuses”

The dancer bends a knee and jual With eyes the color of the water and lips naturally red, like ripe cherries, her delicate face is classically beautiful

“There won’t be another mistake,” Bes says in a flat tone

“Yet you made one”

For that, the assassin deserves a bullet in the head The thought alone rab a gun is so strong he has to curl his fingers into fists to prevent hi more than to crack Bes’s skull and paint the walls with his blood, but he can’t get rid of hier plans for the assassin

“What are you talking about?” Bes asks