The Trojan Boy (43 page)
Authors: Ken McClure
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Medical, #Suspense, #Thrillers
achieve the aim of the operation at all costs, was trying to roll
over again and open fire at his original targets. She could see
the Royal Party being hurriedly escorted away across the
wide lawn but they were still within range. She was nearest
to Kell but was helpless to stop him.
Kell's intention first and rushed up in the open to throw his
body at Kell in an attempt to smother his fire. Kell turned the
gun as he heard O'Neill approach and fired as O'Neill
launched himself. O'Neill was cut to pieces but his dead body
fell over Kell and trapped the gun momentarily. Kathleen, who was still nearest, rushed towards Kell and joined the
tangle of bodies in an attempt to wrestle the gun away while
Avedissian and Bryant and his men sprinted over the final
few metres.
IRA!
Destroy
bullets tore into the three on the ground and then the
shooting stopped.
down beside the broken bodies and cradled Kathleen's head
in his arms. There was a flicker of life left in her eyes. 'Oh my
love,’ he whispered, unable to stop tears welling up in his
eyes as he put his cheek against hers.
moment. . . you almost made me believe
...
it was pos
sible.' Her head fell back and she was dead.
threw himself at Bryant, intent on killing him with his bare
hands, nothing else mattered. He got within a few feet of him
but Bryant side-stepped smartly and hit him on the side of the
head as he charged past. Avedissian fell to the ground, dazed
from the blow but the strength of his anger keeping him
conscious. He rolled over and looked at Bryant saying, 'Go
on, kill me too. That's your style isn't it? No loose ends?'
the shambles the party had become, panic-stricken people,
running policemen, screaming sirens and, overhead, the
ridiculous whine of fireworks that he had hoped might mask
a single shot but which now were only adding to the con
fusion. The royals were safe but it was a mess that his career
would never recover from. He looked down at Avedissian
and rasped, 'The O'Neills were terrorists, Irish terrorists, the
scum of the earth. Go home, Doctor. This isn't your world. It
never was.'
take a last look at Kell and the O'Neills. As he pulled Kell's
body free of the others and stood over it Avedissian caught a
slight movement out of the corner of his eye. Nelligan was
not dead! Miller had knifed him from behind, and it had been
assumed that he was dead, but his hand was moving and he had his gun in it. Avedissian opened his mouth to cry out a warning but the words froze on his lips.
startled look at the world, he crumpled slowly to lie on top of
Kell.
riddled it with bullets and the killing was finally over.
head cleared he got to his feet and walked over to where
Bryant and Kell lay together in death. He looked at them long
and hard and then said quietly, 'If any people ever deserved
each other . . . you two did.'
telephone box. He called Directory Enquiries and made his
request. The operator gave him the number.
account details.
Other Titles by Ken McClure
The Steven Dunbar Series
LOST CAUSES
DUST TO DUST
WHITE DEATH
THE LAZARUS STRAIN
EYE OF THE RAVEN
THE GULF CONSPIRACY
WILDCARD
DECEPTION
DONOR
Other Novels
HYPOCRITES’ ISLE
PAST LIVES
TANGLED WEB
RESURRECTION
PANDORA'S HELIX
TRAUMA
CHAMELEON
CRISIS
REQUIEM
PESTILENCE
FENTON'S WINTER
THE SCORPION'S ADVANCE
THE ANVIL
KEN McCLURE is an award-winning medical scientist as well as a global selling author. He was born and brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied medical sciences and cultivated a career that has seen him become a prize-winning researcher in his field. Using this strong background to base his thrillers in the world of science and medicine, he is currently the author of twenty-four novels and his work is available across the globe in over twenty languages. He has visited and stayed in many countries in the course of his research but now lives in the county of East Lothian, just outside Edinburgh.
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