But I grew grimmer with every passing hour.
“Dammit, where is Henrik?” I cursed when Gen and I met Mina and Marius at the hotel.
“He’d better not be double-crossing us,” Marius muttered.
Gen rolled her eyes. “Can we focus on enemies instead of friends?”
“According to Gordon’s informants, Kurt Grepper is scheduled to attend the meeting of the board of directors of some big-shot corporation on the outskirts of Zurich tonight,” I said.
“How well-informed are those informants?” Marius asked.
An excellent question. Too bad I had no answer.
“Grepper doesn’t keep any staff at the house, so we could make our move as soon as he departs,” I finished. “We’ll have to act fast, though, because Alexandre Ernaux is bound to send his coven here as soon as he discovers that Grepper was Anonymous.”
I want my goddaughters halfway back to France before you begin, is that clear?Gordon had bellowed before letting me go.
Understood,I’d replied as evenly as I could.
Mina, I knew, would do whatever she wanted. And Gen… I grimaced. I would have to break the news to her soon.
Not long after, Bene phoned from his lookout post in a café along the main road.
“Grepper’s Porsche just passed me, headed out of town.”
“Are you sure he’s in it?” I asked.
“Big guy, gray hair. The plates match,” Bene replied.
“Be ready to move in fifteen minutes,” I said, then hung up.
We all turned to the windows to watch the road, then swiveled as a classic gray Porsche with Zurich plates raced past.
Marius whistled. “Nice ride.”
I nodded. “1950s Porsche 356.”
Mina rolled her eyes. Gen chuckled.
“Crime definitely pays,” Marius decided.
Mina shook her head. “No, it doesn’t.”
“I like the Jaguar better,” Gen declared.
“Maybe, but the Porsche runs,” Marius pointed out.
“So will the Jaguar,” Gen said smugly. “Roux’s been working on it.”
Her faith warmed me even if Marius’s skeptical look didn’t.
“I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Mina rapped her knuckles on the table. “Can we focus, please?”
I grimaced.With great difficultywas the honest answer, but I did my best.
“We head out in fifteen minutes,” I said. “Everyone clear on their jobs?”
