Marcos Betrayal by M J Anand

Author:M J Anand [Anand, M J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 - Heart Strike

ISI Safehouse, Pakistan

A handmade cigar had much better texture and was more effective than any branded product. Bilal Masoud picked up his cigar filled with premium Afghani weed called Garda Kush and gently lit it. It was prepared from the Afghan Kush, found only in the Hindu Kush mountains and famous for its high resin content. Owing to its rarity and powerful sedating effects, it was accessible only to the most discerning elites. It required both a well-developed taste and well-built connections to cut corners and source it. Bilal had received a pack of these cigars from one Afghani warlord after ISI had rewarded them with a million-dollar assistance. Thanks to his diplomatic skills, Bilal had brokered many such deals in the region. His exploits as a young spy in India had earned him the respect needed to transverse effectively through these networks. Everyone was more than happy to lend him an ear, even on topics the generals and warlords despised.

Bilal had done well for himself so far, but this was a moment of crisis. A meticulously planned mission had gone wrong. After he was compromised in New York, the people who had placed heavy bets on him had reprimanded him. This mission couldn’t have gone wrong at any cost. The infidels had to pay. God’s wrath had to be brought upon the negligent and hopeless people who worked tirelessly against the well-being of Bilal and his community. Unfortunately, the infidels had managed to stay ahead despite the head start Bilal had got them.

Bilal’s lieutenants entered with some more bad news. ‘They’ve caught the first truck and perhaps all three of our men. We can’t connect to any one of them.’

Five years of planning and millions in investments had resulted in an arrest. It was not a temporary setback but a failure with several long-term implications. His sponsors weren’t kind to failure. Further, any evidence linking it to them would be a diplomatic catastrophe. Bilal needed to calm himself. He huffed and puffed quick ones to rest his mind as Russel, an Uzbek recruit, and Shaheen, a Syrian ex-army commando, watched him nervously. Bilal had recruited and trained them personally, and they were his trusted aides, just like the ones before them whom Bilal had to gun down as a punishment for a failure. Bilal ruled by fear. He had a notorious reputation but working under him was still an honor. If one failed his honor, they deserved to die, but if one passed it, they would go places due to his connections.

‘How did the Indians get to know about the truck? Didn’t we disable the disk completely?’

‘We did, Janaab. Our source confirmed it had been completely deleted.’

‘Our source lied to us,’ Bilal said and puffed a few more. ‘Bloody Indians. Bunch of incompetent fools.’ Ever since the Indians had compromised him, the sword was hanging over his head. Then they took away Khalid. Bilal had to activate a hibernating agent long before his due time just to delete the contents of the hard disk.

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