Page 45 (1/2)

"That’s why he wants the e to believe his own legend"

"Yeah, well, the Flying Dutchman is about to crash and burn" Saoing to be the ones who take him down"

"For the first time in its seventy-six-year history, Fort Lauderdale’s annual Holiday on the Waves boat regatta has been rescheduled due to es," WSVN weatheres have been closed, and the hundreds of vessels registered to participate have been teineers address the problems City officials are confident that repairs will be made in time for the boat parade to take place on New Year’s Eve"

Lucan switched off the television set and regarded Aldan and Burke "Four bridges?"

"We considered shutting down five, my lord, but that would have caused serious traffic delays around the stadiuht"

"Our friends in the Coast Guard report that they have successfully diverted all private and commercial vessels away from the strike zone, my lord," Aldan said "The fleet is fullyyour orders"

"Excellent" Lucan went to his wall map of the Florida coast "We will approach en masse and split into north and south divisions here" He indicated a spot a half mile from the strike coordinates "The front line will disable any defensive weaponry first and then assuive the order to attack and board The second lines are toleaves Vander’s vessel alive but Samantha, Christian, and the captive mortals"

"Yes, my lord" Aldan bowed and left the office

Before he did the saer, and offered it to Lucan "If I may, my lord, I would ask that you take this into battle with you I know you have no need of conventional weapons, but it belonged to ht hier "I recalla Burke in Berlin He led the tresori resistance, and helped us free the Kyn captured by the Brethren a the Gestapo"

Burke nodded "He considered you--and I will quote hiht’" He s a hail of Nazi bullets otten that" Lucan clipped the sheath to his belt "Is this why you volunteered to beco a lord to serve is a complex matter, but I would say that part of randfather did not sire , my lord" The tresora bowed and departed

Before he left the stronghold, Lucan went to the bar that had been s his brief battle with Jaolden h he was sorely te the phony tribute into the sea, he carried it to Christian’s office, where he draped it over one corner of the framed portrait of Darth Vader He’d always known about her private nicknahted in it

"Tonight, irl," hehim with his final preparations, Garcia drove Jaave him the keys to the newest of the DEA’s speedboats, a sleek arrow of black and silver with four ines "Are you certain you do not wish me to pilot for you, hold" Jaeies to Lord Alenfar and his lady"

Garcia nodded "And Miss Lang?"

He could think of a thousand things he wanted to tell Christian, but settled for the one he wanted her to remember most "Tell my wife that I love her"

Garcia helped him launch, and from the boatyard Ja spray into his face as he opened up the throttle and pushed the powerful engines to full capacity The hull sliced across the waves as the boat raced south, a shadow flying through the night