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Authors: David Morrell
“We had no idea there’d be a storm,” Saul said. “We didn’t need it, but it makes things easier. It saves us from hurrying to put out the flames in the parking lot so the authorities don’t see a reflection.”
Another shot cracked on a nearby hill.
“We’ll help clean the site, of course,” Erika said. “The Monastery of the Sun and the Moon will look as if nothing had ever happened.”
“You violated the Sanction.” Father Chen raised his pistol.
“No. You told us the parking lot wasn’t part of the safe house,” Saul insisted.
“I said nothing of the sort!”
“Erika asked you! I heard her! This other priest heard your answer! You said the parking lot wasn’t important!”
“You threatened an operative within a sanctuary!”
“With what? That isn’t dynamite around Erika’s waist. Those tubes are painted cardboard. We don’t have any weapons. Maybe we bent the rules, but we definitely didn’t break them.”
The priest glowered. “Just like when you killed your foster father.”
Erika nodded. “And now another black-hearted bastard’s been wiped from the face of the earth.” Tears trickled down her cheeks. “But my son is still dead. Nothing’s changed. I still hurt. God, how I hurt.”
Saul held her.
“I want my son back,” Erika whimpered.
“I know,” Saul told her. “I know.”
“I’ll pray for him,” Father Chen said.
“Pray for us all.”
THE END
D
AVID
M
ORRELL
holds a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University and for many years was a professor of American literature at the University of Iowa. His numerous
New York Times
bestselling novels include
The League of Night and Fog
in which the main characters of
The Brotherhood of the Rose
and
The Fraternity of the Stone
join forces in a double sequel that ends the
Brotherhood
trilogy. Cofounder of the International Thriller Writers organization, Morrell is considered by many to be the father of the modern action novel. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Donna. His website is
www.davidmorrell.net
.
The League of Night and Fog
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
2009 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback edition
Copyright © 1987 by David Morrell
“The Abelard Sanction” copyright © 2006 by David Morrell
All rights reserved.
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