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The revolution was successful. The Templar's dead. Somehow, everything looked the same. But I knew nothing would be the same. Nothing. Especially not with the odd experiences I've had around Him...
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He let the blade retract as his hand finally settled, palm flat and fingers spread, upon the man’s vulnerable belly - saw how the dark eyes were focused unblinkingly upon that too-familiar pose. From the way the muscles had stilled beneath his touch, moving not even for breath, no doubt the Assassin was dwelling upon all the victims that the blade had claimed, in just that same, almost companionable gesture.
“Finally have your full and undivided attention, do I?”
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- Part 1 of La Petite Mort
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On the third day, the bureau head called on Mathis, except the man paused in the act of pressing the message into Mathis’ hand and pinned him with a sober look. “Watch him. And watch yourself. If you encounter trouble - you may abandon at will.”
Mathis stared, then suddenly clenched his hand tight around the slip, unwittingly crumpling the missive.
Watch the bearded man, perhaps to show others the man was being watched. Watch himself, in case others decided to intervene. The bearded man was apparently the assassins’ stalking horse, a decoy - Mathis asked in measured tones, “Does this message matter at all, then?”
The bureau head glanced down at the wrinkled slip, then met Mathis’ eyes and said, “No.”
In which the assassins find the axeman and the axeman finds the assassins.