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Mid-
sentence
his words became a loud puff and wheeze
as
Kharzai

s
foot
drove
into
the
soft
flesh
of
his
belly.
Bones
instantly
crumpled
to
the
floor.


You
might
think
you're
tough
because
you
rape
little
girls,
and
you
might
think
you
are
a
bad
ass
because
you
wear
a
necklace
of
finger
bones,
but
let
me
explain
something
to
you

Bones
.

Kharzai
put
his
foot
on
the
punk

s
throat.
His
arm
stretched
toward
Bones’
face,
a
pistol
pointed
at
the man's
eye.
None
of
the
others
had
seen
him
draw
the weapon or realized he was even carrying one
,
and
none
of
them
dared
make
a
move
to
intervene.
Bones
grabbed
Kharzai

s
ankle
,
but
relented
when
he
found
himself
looking
into
the
barrel
of
the
nine-millimeter
Makarov
semi-auto.


I
have
shown
you
my
secrets.
You
have
agreed
to
take
my
money.
You
try
to
run,
you
try
to
escape,
you
try
to
cross
me
,
and
you
will
die
a
horrible
death
unlike
anything
even
a
pathetic
child
molester
like
you
can
imagine.
I
have
made
my
living
hurting
and
killing
people
since
before
your
mother
crapped
you
into
this
world.
I
do
not
need
to
wear
my
victim

s
bones
as
trophies.
I
do
not
need
to
brag
about
my
kills,
and
I
do
not
need
to
hurt
little
children.
Because
I
am
bad
enough
to
know
that
there
is
no
man
on
this
earth
who
can
defy
me
and
live.

Bones

face
darkened
to
a
purple
shade
of
blue.
Kharzai
removed
his
foot
and
took
a
step
back,
glancing
around
at
the
others.
They
all
averted
their
eyes
, staring at the floor or the
mortar
tube, anything other than h
is
fiery
stare.


Anyone
else
want
a
turn
at
negotiation?

Chapter
23

FBI
HQ
Washington
DC

Wednesday, June 22
nd

9:00
a.m.
Eastern
Time

The
phone
on
Undersecretary
Paul
Hogan

s
desk
rang
twice
before
he
was
able
to
get
it
off
the
hook.
He
didn

t
move
as
fast
or
as
accurately
as
he
used
to.
Hogan
had
recently
been
promoted
to
the
office
of
FBI
Undersecretary
for
Terrorism
Interdiction,
a
new
and
little
-
known
division
that
actively
sought
and
eradicated
terrorist
threats
on
US
soil.
It
was
a
job
with
which
Paul
was
intimately
familiar.
Eighteen
years
in
the
United
States
Marine
Corps
Special
Operations
detachment
ended
with
him
medically
discharged
just
short
of
retirement
after
a
Taliban
RPG
ripped
up
his
legs
and
shredded
his
baby
-
making
apparatus
near
the
end
of
his
third
tour
in
Afghanistan.
Those injuries had granted him a rating of 70% disabled
,
according to the VA, U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, providing a monthly stipend just more than half the amount he would
have
been able to make if he'd survived two more years in the Corps to full retirement.

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