I am going to hold them until the convergence, and I am going to use them when the convergence is in the room, because Eleni held mine, and the only thing I have left to give her is what she taught me.
Cazzo, fuck. Cazzo. Cazzo. Cazzo.
I close my eyes.
One second.
I open them.
I look at Crane.
I smile.
It is the first time in twelve years I have smiled at him.
He recalibrates.
He has worked for the same employer for forty years, and he is not used to having his calculations changed twice in one night.
"You should have killed me on K Street, Victor."
"I considered it."
"You should have done it."
"I know that now."
"Good."
The phone in his pocket buzzes.
He does not check it. He does not need to.
We both know what the buzz is.
The buzz is the lost heir crossing the water.
15
SEAN
The corridor outside the room where I just learned my brother's name is part of a Moretti facility, which I do not have the credentials to access.
I am running through it anyway.
Matteo is two steps ahead of me. Earpiece in. Sig in his hand. He is moving the way a man who has run this corridor a thousand times in drills would.
I have my service weapon. They gave it back to me when Alessandro left the room. I do not remember Alessandro giving it back to me.
The klaxon is still going.
Matteo stops at the elevator. Puts a finger to the earpiece.
"Talk to me."
His face does the thing my face does when bad news arrives over a comm.
"They are gone. They had her in a vehicle and were on the BQE within ninety seconds of the breach. We took two of theirs. They got out with her."
