Chapter NineThe agents took one of the APCs parked outside the Ayatollah's lair in Deir Hafer, and made a beeline heading east to Al-Qaim. William and Jessica had accomplished their mission in killing Mustafa Hilal and destroying the Hammer of Allah, seriously damaging the Islamic State's mercenary network. Debbie and Glenn completed their assignment in collapsing the uranium mine at Akashat and destroying the sarin bombs recovered from Iraq. Only Jack and Lucretia had not fulfilled the CIA's request in assassinating the Ayatollah Qom Diabolus.
William had suffered a hairline fracture of his vertebrae, and the fight with Dundee had exacerbated the injury. Jessica had some training as a nurse and realized he would need a local anesthetic. The two remaining syringes of morphine would ease t
