LOCKEN GRAFTO STUDIED his nephew angrily without saying anything for almost a minute.
“Tell me again how he managed to get away,” he said finally. “You took four men with you, it should have been an easy job to secure Dragunov and find out where the package is.”
Avel Minatil hung his head. “He had help,” he said. “I don’t know who he was, or even if Dragunov knew the man beforehand, but when we caught up with him this guy got involved. He was tough, like Dragunov, and between the two of them they ripped our guys apart. I thought it best to try and make other arrangements to get Dragunov when I saw what was happening, so I got more men and detailed them to watch the ship and stop Dragunov getting to it.”
“Clearly they failed,” Grafto observed, displeased.
“Chamir did as well,” Avel said
