Storm Surge

Chapter 4

Chapter 4TELESPHORE RICHEMARTEL sat alone in the dim of a Virginia farmhouse, sipping a one-hundred-year-old brandy, and reviewing his earlier conversation. With one last push, the pinnacle would be reached, the prize would be his. The new Caballeros were coming together. His messenger had invited new players from his list of sixteen. They would gather in New York in three days. By the time they returned home, the taps would be in place and the monitoring would begin. He had not yet met them. Nothing would be left to chance.