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Chapter 36

           JerryhimselftellingmeabouttheMongol’srun-inwiththecopwhosebodyIwaswearing:Rykerusedtoshakehimdownallthetime.Beathimhalftodeathcoupleofyearsback.AndthentherewasBautistaonRyker’sinterrogationtechniques:He’srightonthelinemostofthetime.HowmanytimeshadRykergoneoverthatline,tohaveattractedthiscrowd?

           WhatwouldOrtegahavesaid?

           IthoughtaboutOrtega,andtheimageofherfacewasatinypocketofcalmamidstthejeeringandyellingthatCarnagehadwhippedup.WithluckandwhatI’dleftherattheHendrix,she’dtakeKawaharadownforrue.

           Knowingitwasenough.

           Carnagedrewaheavy-bladed,serratedknifefromhisrobesandhelditaloft.Arelativequietdescendedonthechamber.

           "Thecoupdegrâce,"heproclaimed."WhenourmatadorhasputEliasRykerdownsothathenolongerhasthestrengthtorise,youwillseethestackcutfromhislivingspineandsmashed,andyouwillknowthatheisnomore."

           Hereleasedtheknifeandlethisarmfallagain.Puretheatre.Theweaponhungintheair,glintinginafocalgravfield,thendriftedupwardstoaheightofaboutfivemetresatthemid-pointofthekillingfloor.

           "Letusbegin,"saidCarnage,withdrawing.

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