Page 26 of Dark Medicine (Strange Gifts #2)

He was still alive. Damn! Two attempts now, two well-planned, calculated attacks that should have assured his death failed.

The smoke and flames continued to billow from the seaside mansion. That’s exactly how it was planned. Nothing and no one could survive the heat of the blaze. As a testament to that, the firefighters pulled back, the heat too intense even for them.

Standing in the crowd of onlookers, unnoticed, the next plan was already being formulated. Next time, there would be assurances of his location and, more importantly, the woman’s. The camera panned the crowd of onlookers. Turning to avoid the possibility of facial recognition, the wind whipped across the shore, and the flames licked the sky.

Smiling at the inferno masterpiece, there was nothing left to be done today. Tomorrow… tomorrow was another story.