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The air hums. This is a spy's death.

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The air hums. This is a spy's death.

No regular crime scene, not just motive and victim -- an echo of fairytale, tracings of black magic. Everything glows in the dark.

Askew on nearby shelves, a stereo system, blinking on standby. They used that to drown out the noise.

The stereo system is facing away from the couch. Think about this suboptimal room layout for a moment -- it's much easier than looking at the blood.

Hopefully he went out riding the high white hörse. All the way to heaven.

You imagine him getting his last licks in, dying roaring, slower than they betted on, all teeth and fury and cunts.

Tempo had never begged for anything in his life. The words felt unnatural, covered in blood and spit, the coke long-faded, an odd fit for his last: 'Stop. Please. I don't want to die.'

A slow, cold needle to your soul.

ALL TREATIES ARE HEREBY DENOUNCED. PREPARE FOR OPEN WAR.

A jagged mouth pressed against phone receiver: 'It's CASCADE or nothing! And you tell her -- if we pull this one off, all will be forgiven!'

Gäng's very troubled. The secret feds darked out our friend.

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