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had skills, strong combat and leadership skills, that much was
true. What he did not have was the experience that a woman like
McEvedy possessed. If he was lucky, he would live long enough
to develop those skills. тАЬTell me, Khan. What would you have me
do?тАЭ
тАЬFor now, stick to the plan outlines for Switchback. I want you to
direct what intelligence elements you have in place to begin moni-
toring the other Clans, especially the Widowmakers. We need to
be ready should they move prematurely. You will accompany me
to the Grand Council session in two days. They plan on dividing
up the Brian Cache that we now have. I plan to do what I can to
delay that, or at least throw some confusion into their plans.тАЭ
тАЬI will not fail you.тАЭ
McEvedy grinned, obviously pushing back her pain. тАЬI only hope
that I do not fail you, Franklin.тАЭ
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Clan Widowmaker Hall
Strana Mechty
9 October 2823

Khan Jason Karrige of Clan Widowmaker looked at the commu-
nication he had received from Circe, and allowed himself a private
smile. Things had not been going according to plan as of late. He
had hoped that Sarah McEvedy would have had the courtesy and
honor to die during the Trial of Refusal that had killed saKhan
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Robertson. Still, seeing his old acquaintance weary and crippled
made her appear weak in the eyes of the other Khans. Who am I
kidding, she is weak. The report from his handful of operatives on
Circe made the Wolverines even weaker. If all went as he hoped, he
would not have to finish off McEvedyтАжthe Grand Council would
do it for him. His Widowmakers would simply have to mop up the
remains.
What he had on Circe was insurance.
He knew that McEvedy would overreact about the decision to
divvy up the Brian Cache. That was why he had sneaked in two
of his own Warriors disguised as Wolverines. McEvedy and her
Warriors never saw it coming, never saw the threat that the tacti-
cal nuclear weapons posed. The two infiltrators had penetrated
the bunker and smuggled out one of the nuclear warheads.
The ilKhan was so focused on the agitation and allegations that
the Wolverines had leveled that he never saw how events were
really unfolding. Nicholas hated challenges to his authority, nor
was he willing to tolerate them. Exposing The Watch had been
a good move on the part of McEvedy, but she had overplayed it,