Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tartus arrived ten minutes early for lunch. Although he was unable to deliver the goods he had promised, he kept the appointment. Damage control of this magnitude must be done in person. He scanned the patio. King Fahr was nowhere in sight, but two men who appeared to be bodyguards were already casing the restaurant. Sweat glistened on his brow as the midday sun beat down on him. He was beginning to regret choosing a patio table, but Fahr enjoyed eating outside.
He was still in shock from the events of the past seventy-two hours. Apparently, an American task force had wiped out an operation that took him over twenty years to build in a matter of hours. Had someone told him that just two men had taken down the Kechla citadel, he wouldn"t have believed it. Based on the
