“And if it wasn’t….”
“Let me talk with her, show her these photos. She’s very guarded of her methods. If someone is copying her, she will not be happy.”
“Okay. Call me as soon as you can. I won’t be happy if any more of my people turn up like those three. Four.”
“You question the number?”
“We’ve only got a finger of one of them.”
“Hmm. If it were Femme who did this, she would leave the body intact.”
Carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey, but yeah, the better to intimidate her opponents.
“I will be in touch. Au ‘voir, mon ami.”
“‘Voir, Pete.”
Half an hour later he called back, skipping the amenities and going straight to the heart of the matter. “One of her recruits washed out a year and a half into the training period. You know what happens after something like that.”
“Yeah.” They
