Chapter 17Wearing the same clothes he’d had on the day before, the growth on his chin and head looking decidedly scruffy, Kael strode over the cliff toward Gaverne Bay. The sharp wind whipped around his head, which he found enjoyable. The cottage the mark lived in with his wife stood alone, tucked into a dip in the cliff, similar to the one he had rented, except that the Osbeck cottage had the cliff face directly behind it, which would make useful cover. The Osbecks had originally bought the place as a weekend retreat and had moved there two years ago, according to the brief Conran had given him. He wasn’t sure why even that much information was included. He had no desire to get to know the man; he simply planned to kill him as ordered.
Waiting on the rocky rise above the cottage, he watc
