They ached with the pain that came
with unused and abused muscles; the rhythmic strides of jogging, even running, were no
preparation for lurching or weaving, or for violently sudden stops and startsHe leaned against the
stone, breathing heavily, his eyes on the bicycle, trying to suppress a thought that kept recurring
with infuriating regularity: only a few short years ago, he would never have noticed the discomfort
in his legsThere would have been none
The sound of an unlatched bolt broke the stillness of the predawn narrow street, followed rapidly
by the grating noise of a heavy door being openedIt was the entrance to the flat in front of the
chained bicycleHis back against the wall, Jason removed the gun from his belt and watched the
woman in the nun?s habit rush to the lamppostShe fumbled with a key in the dim light, awkwardly
trying to insert it into the base of the lockBourne stepped out on the pavement and dolce and gabbana handbag walked swiftly,
silently forward
?You?ll be late for early Mass,? he said
The woman spun around, the key flying into the street, her black cloth snapping in the turn as
she plunged her right hand between the folds of her habitJason lurched, gripping her arm with his
left hand and tearing off the large white hat with his rightAt the sight of the exposed face in front
of him, he gasped
?My God,? he whispered?It?s you!?
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?I know you!? cried BourneYou
had one of those dress shops Honor??Carlos?s drop in the Faubourg! I
found you in a confessional booth in Neuilly-sur-SeineI thought you were dead The woman?s
sharp, creased, middle-aged fade was contorted in frenzyShe tried to twist out of his grip, but
Jason stepped sideways as she pivoted, yanking her away in a sweeping circular motion, crashing
her against the wall, pinning her, his left forearm across her throat?But you chanel necklace weren?t deadYou
were part of the trap that ended at the Louvre, blew apart at the Louvre! By Christ, you?re
coming with meMen died in that trap?Frenchmen died?and I couldn?t stay around and tell them
how it happened or who was responsibleIn my country, you kill a cop, it doesn?t go off the
booksIt?s no different over here; and when it?s cops, they don?t stop lookingOh, they?ll
remember the Louvre, they?ll remember their men!?
?You?re wrong!? choked the woman, her wide green eyes bulging?I?m not who you think I
am??
?You?re Lavier! Queen of the Faubourg, sole contact to the Jackal?s woman, the general?s wife
Don?t tell me I?m wrong I followed the two of you out to Neuilly?to that church with the bells
ringing and priests everywhere?one of them Carlos! Moments later his whore came back out, but
you didn?tShe left in a hurry, so I ran inside and described you to an old priest?if he was a
priest?and he told me you were chanel purses and handbags in the second confessional from the leftI walked over and pulled
the curtain and there you wereI thought you?d just been killed and everything was
happening so fastCarlos had to be there! He was within my reach, my gun?or maybe I was
within hisI raced around like a maniac and finally I saw him! Out in the street in his priestly black
clothes?I saw him, I knew it was him because he saw me and started to run through the traffic
And then I lost him, I lost him! But I had a card to playI passed the word?Lavier?s deadIt was just what I was supposed to do, wasn?t it? Wasn?t it??
?I tell you again, you are wrong!? The woman no longer struggled; it was pointlessInstead, she
remained rigid against the wall, no part of her body moving, as if by doing so she might be
permitted to speak?Will you listen to me?? she asked with difficulty, Jason?s forearm still pressed
against her throat
?Forget it, lady,? answered Bourne?You?re chanel wallet going out of here limp?a Sister of Charity being
helped, not assaulted, by a strangerYou?re about to have a fainting spellAt your age it?s a fairly
common occurrence, isn?t it??
?Wait
?We must talk!?
?We will Releasing his arm, Jason instantly crashed both his hands simultaneously into the
woman?s shoulder blades where the tendons weave into the neck musclesShe collapsed; he caught
her in the fall and carried her out of the narrow street as an adoring supplicant might a religious
social workerThe dawn light was beginning to fill the sky, and several early risers, one a young
jogger in shorts, converged on the man carrying the nun?She?s been with my wife and sick
children for nearly two days without sleep!? pleaded the Chameleon in street French?Will
someone please find me a taxi so I can take her back to her convent in the ninth arrondissement??
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?I shall!? roared the young black chanel tote ru

They dug in for one shot
apiece and got out?look at the slip marks on the lawnThose shoes were runningForget it! No
use nowIf they stopped for a second position, they?d blow us into the Smithsonian
?A field man,? said Alex, getting up with his cane, the frightened, bewildered Panov beside him
Then the doctor spun around, his eyes wide, rushing toward the two fallen Orientals
?Oh, my God, they?re dead,? he cried, kneeling beside the corpses, seeing their blown-apart
throats?Jesus, the amusement park! It?s the same!?
?A message,? agreed Conklin, nodding, wincing?Put rock salt on the trail,? he added
enigmatically
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?What do you mean?? asked the psychiatrist, snapping his head around at the former intelligence
officer
?We weren?t careful enough
?Alex!? roared the gray-haired Holland, running to the bench?I heard you, but this neuters the
hotel,? he said breathlessly?You can?t go there now
?It neuters?fucks up?more than the hotelThis isn?t the Jackal! It?s Hong Kong! The externals
were right, but my instincts were wrongWrong!?
?Which way do you want to go?? asked the director softly
?I don?t know,? answered Conklin, a plaint in his voiceReach our man, of
course, as soon as possible
?I spoke to David?I coco chanel designer spoke to him about an hour ago,? said Panov, instantly correcting himself
?You spoke to him?? cried Alex?It?s late and you were at homeHow??
?You know my answering machine,? said the doctor?If I picked up every crazy call after
midnight, I?d never get to the office in the morningSo I let it ring, and because I was getting ready
to go out and meet you, I listenedAll he said was ?Reach me,? and by the time I got to the phone,
he?d hung up
?You called him back? On your phone??
?Well yes,? answered Panov hesitantly?He was very quick, very guardedHe just wanted us
to know what was happening, that ?M??he called her ?M??was white ceramic chanel watch leaving with the children first
thing in the morningThat was it; he hung up right away
?They?ve got your boy?s name and address by now,? said Holland?Probably the message as
well
?A location, yes; the message, maybe,? broke in Conklin, speaking quietly, rapidly?Not an
address, not a name
?By morning they will have??
?By morning he?ll be on his way to Tierra del Fuego, if need be
?Christ, what have I done?? exclaimed the psychiatrist
?Nothing anybody else in your place wouldn?t have done,? replied Alex?You get a message at
two o?clock in the morning from someone you care about, someone in trouble, you call back as fast
as chanel clearance you canNow we have to reach him as fast as we canSo it?s not Carlos, but somebody with a
lot of firepower is still closing in, making breakthroughs we thought were impossible
?Use the phone in my car,? said Holland?I?ll put it on overrideThere?ll be no record, no log
?Let?s go!? As quickly as possible, Conklin limped across the lawn toward the Agency vehicle
?? ?? ??
?David, it?s Alex
?Your timing?s pretty scary, friend, we?re on our way out the doorIf Jamie hadn?t had to hit the
potty we?d be in the car by now
?At this hour??
?Didn?t Mo tell you? There was no answer at your place, so I called him
?Mo?s a little shook louis vuitton jewelry up

He put his
face in his hands and sulkedI couldn't look directly at him before I ducked out of the roomI
was already yearning to sit beside him, to hold him tight and forget this whole mess
Jared followed as I retraced my path through the south tunnel
?Why this way?? he asked
?I?? He would know if I tried to lie or evade?I don't want to run into anyoneJeb, Aaron, or
Brandt, particularly
?Why??
?I don't want to have to explain myself to them
He was quiet, trying to make sense of my answer
I changed the subject?Do you know where Lily is? I don't think she should be aloneShe
seems??
?Ian's with her
Ian would help Lily?he was exactly what she needed nowWho would help Ian when? ? I
shook chloe dior my head, shaking the thought away
?What are we in such a hurry to get?? Jared asked me
I took a deep breath before I answered him
The south tunnel was blackI could not see his faceHis footsteps did not falter beside me, and
he didn't say anything for several minutesWhen he spoke again, I could hear that he was
focusing on the raid?single-minded, setting aside whatever curiosity he felt until after the
mission was planned to his satisfaction
?Where do we get them??
?Empty cryotanks are stored outside Healing facilities until they're neededWith more souls
coming in than leaving, there will be a surplusNo one will guard them; no one will notice if
some go missing
?Are you sure? Where did omega automatic seamaster watch you get this information??
?I saw them in Chicago, piles and piles of themEven the little facility we went to in Tucson
had a small store of them, crated outside the delivery bay
?If they were crated, then how can you be sure ??
?Haven't you noticed our fondness for labels??
?I'm not doubting you,? he said?I just want to make sure that you've thought this through
I heard the double meaning in his words
?Let's get it done, then
Doc was already gone?already with Jeb, as we hadn't passed him on the wayHe must have left
right behind meI wondered how his news was being takenI hoped they weren't stupid enough
to discuss it in front of the SeekerWould she shred her human host's brain if she knock off chanel earrings guessed what I
was doing? Would she assume I'd turned traitor entirely? That I would give the humans what
they needed with no restrictions?
Wasn't that what I was about to do, though? When I was gone, would Doc bother to keep his
word?
Yes, hewould tryI had to believe thatBut he couldn't do it aloneAnd who
would help him?
We scrambled up the tight black vent that opened onto the southern face of the rocky hill,
about halfway up the low peakThe eastern edge of the horizon was turning gray, with just a
hint of pink bleeding into the line between sky and rock
My eyes were locked on my feet as I climbed downIt was necessary; there was no path, and
the loose rocks made for treacherous quilted chanel purse footingBut even if the way had been paved and smooth, I
doubted I would have been able to lift my eyesMy shoulders, too, seemed trapped in a slumpNot a misfit, not a wandererI was putting my gentle brothers' and sisters'
lives into the angry and motivated hands of my adopted human family
My humans had every right to hate the soulsThis was a war, and I was giving them a weapon
A way to kill with impunity
I considered this as we ran through the desert in the growing light of dawn?ran because, with
the Seekers looking, we shouldn't be out in the daylight
Focusing on this angle?viewing my choice not as a sacrifice but rather as arming the humans in
exchange for the Seeker's life?I knew that it was prada bags online wro

Everyone is busy here?too busy to sit around playin' guardSo
today you're going to have to come along with me while I get my chores done
I felt my mouth pop open
He stared at me, no smile
?Don't look so terrified,? he grumbled?My house is no
place for babies
I couldn't argue withthatI took three quick, deep breaths, trying to steady my nervesBlood
pulsed so loudly in my ears that his voice seemed quiet in comparison when he spoke again
He turned and stomped out of the room
I was frozen for a moment, and then I lurched out after himHe wasn't bluffing?he was already
invisible around the first knock off tiffany jewelry cornerI raced after him, horrified by the thought that I might run into
someone else in this obviously inhabited wingI caught up to him before he reached the big
intersection of the tunnelsHe didn't even look at me as I slowed beside him to match his pace
?'Bout time that northeast field was plantedWe'll have to work the soil firstHope you don't
mind getting your hands dirtyAfter we're done, I'll see that you get a chance to clean yourself
up He sniffed pointedly, then laughed
I felt the back of my neck get hot, but I ignored the last part?I don't mind getting my hands
dirty,? I murmuredAs I replica cartier tank recalled, the empty northeastern field was out of the wayPerhaps we
would be able to work alone
Once we got to the big plaza cave, we started passing humansThey all stared, infuriated, as
usualI was beginning to recognize most of them: the middle-aged woman with the long
salt-and-pepper braid I had seen with the irrigation team yesterdayThe short man with the
round belly, thinning sandy hair, and ruddy cheeks had been with herThe athletic-looking
woman with the caramel brown skin had been the one bent to tie her shoe the first time I'd
come out here during the dayAnother dark-skinned woman with dior saddle thick lips and sleepy eyes had
been in the kitchen, near the two black-haired children?perhaps she was their mother? Now we
passed Maggie; she glowered at Jeb and turned her face away from meWe passed a pale,
sick-looking man with white hair whom I was sure I'd never seen before
?Hey, Jeb,? he said cheerfully?Whatcha up to??
?Turning the soil in the east field,? Jeb grunted
?Want some help??
?Oughtto make yourself useful,? Jeb muttered
Ian took this as an assent and fell into step behind meIt gave me goose bumps, feeling his eyes
on my back
We passed a young man who couldn't have been many omega automatic geneve years older than Jamie?his dark hair
stood up from his olive-toned forehead like steel wool
?Hey, Wes,? Ian greeted him
Wes watched in silence as we passedIan laughed at his expression
?Hey, Doc,? Ian saidIn his hands was a big wad of doughHis shirt was covered with dark,
coarse flour
?Morning,? Jeb answered
?See you 'round,? Doc said, hurrying off with his burden
?Wanda, huh?? Ian asked
?My idea,? Jeb told him
?Interesting? was all Ian said
We finally made it to the northeastern field, where my hopes were dashed
There were more people here than there had been in the passageways?five women and chanel pearls nine

?There was no Jason Bourne then
There wasn?t even a David, only a guerrilla they called Delta OneNo names were used,
remember??
?I keep forgetting; what else is new?? Jason pointed at the screen?Why is he in Moscow? Why
did you say Medusa found the Jackal? Why??
?Because he?s the law firm in New York
?What?? Bourne whipped his head toward Conklin?He?s the??
?The chairman of the board,? completed Alex, interrupting?The Agency closed in and he got
out
?Why the hell didn?t you tell me?? cried Jason angrily
?Because I never thought for a moment we?d be standing here looking at that picture on the
screenI still can?t understand it, but I can?t deny it, eitherAlso, I saw no reason to bring up a
name you might or might not remember, a personally very disturbing occurrence you might or
might not rememberWhy add an unnecessary complication? There?s enough stress
?All right, Aleksei!? said an agitated Krupkin, stepping forward?I?ve heard words and louis vuitton backpacks names
that evoke certain unpleasant memories for me, at any rate, and I think it behooves me to ask a
question or two?specifically oneJust who is this Ogilvie that concerns you so? You?ve told us
who he was in Saigon, but who is he now??
?Why not?? Conklin asked himself quietly?He?s a New York attorney who heads up an
organization that?s spread throughout Europe and the MediterraneanInitially, by pushing the right
buttons in Washington, they bought up companies through extortion and leveraged buy-outs;
they?ve cornered markets and set prices, and in the bargain they?ve moved into the killing game,
employing some of the best professionals in the businessThere?s hard evidence that they?ve
contracted for the murder of various officials in the government and the military, the most recent
example?with which you?re no doubt familiar?is General Teagarten, supreme commander of
NATO
?Unbelievable!? whispered Krupkin
?Jeez-Chrize!? intoned the peasant-colonel, his eyes black fendi spy bulging
?Oh, they?re very creative, and Ogilvie?s the most inventive of allHe?s Superspider and he?s
spun a hell of a web from Washington through every capital in EuropeUnfortunately for him, and
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thanks to my associate here, he was caught like a fly in his own spinningHe was about to be
pounced on by people in Washington he couldn?t possibly corrupt, but he was tipped off and got
out the day before yesterdayWhy he came to Moscow I haven?t the vaguest idea
?I may be able to answer that for you,? said Krupkin, glancing at the KGB colonel and nodding,
as if to say It?s all right?I know nothing?absolutely nothing?about any such killing as you
speak of, indeed of any killing whatsoeverHowever, you could be describing an American
enterprise in Europe that?s been servicing our interests for years
?In what way?? asked Alex
?With all manner of restricted American technology, as well as armaments, mat?riel, spare chanel clutch parts
for aircraft and weapons systems?even the aircraft and the weapons systems them selves on
various occasions through the bloc countriesI tell you this knowing that you know I?d vehemently
deny ever having said it
?Understood,? nodded Conklin?What?s the name of this enterprise??
?There?s no single nameInstead, there are fifty or sixty companies apparently under one
umbrella but with so many different titles and origins it?s impossible to determine the specific
relationships
?There?s a name and Ogilvie runs it,? said Alex
?That crossed my mind,? said Krupkin, his eyes suddenly glass-cold, his expression that of an
unrelenting zealot?However, what appears to disturb you so about your American attorney, I can
assure you is far, far outweighed by our own concerns Dimitri turned to the television set and the
shakily stationary picture, his eyes now filled with anger?The Soviet intelligence officer on that
screen is General Rodchenko, second in command of dior rasta the KGB and close adviser to the premier of
the Soviet UnionMany things may be done in the name of Russian interests and without the
premier?s knowledge, but in this day and age not in the areas you describeMy God, the supreme
commander of NATO! And never?never?using the services of Carlos the Jackal! These
embarrassments are no less than dangerous and frightening catastrophes
?Have you got any suggestions?? asked Conklin
?A foolish question,? answered the colonel gruffly?Arrest, then the Lubyanka
?There?s a problem with that solution,? said Alex?The Central Intelligence Agency knows
Ogilvie?s in Moscow
?So where is the problem? We rid us both of an unhealthy person and his crimes and go about
our business
?It may seem strange to you, but the problem isn?t only with the unhealthy person and his
crimes, even where the Soviet Union is concernedIt?s with the cover-up?where Washington?s
concerned
The Komitet officer looked at Krupkin and spoke in chloe black Russ