Veil - 02 - The Hammer of God (42 page)

Abdul’s eyes adjusted to the light of the full moon as he glared down into the ravine, eyes wide. “It’s gone,” he whispered to the night.

“Everything is gone.”

He rubbed his stomach then lifted his shirt, exposing the envelope heavily taped to it, information he was to deliver to Robert Veil and Nikki Thorne. He fell to his knees, hands raised to the sky.

“Allah save me,” Abdul gasped. “I’m a dead man.”