No Sanctuary Box Set: The No Sanctuary Omnibus - Books 1-6 by Mike Kraus

Author:Mike Kraus [Kraus, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-08-14T22:00:00+00:00

BOOK FOUR

THE TEMPEST

Chapter 1

When most picture the country of Pakistan they imagine a harsh, sand-filled country. The idea of lush forests and green grass covering a large portion of the landscape does not occur to them and they will not hesitate to laugh at the notion.

Just north of the city of Islamabad, located near the northern tip of Pakistan, the harsh sandy desert climate is far from reality. The city sits near the Margalla Hills, part of the Himalayan Foothills. Margalla is filled with lush trees, green grass and vibrant landscapes. The elevation is such that some areas do, from time to time, receive snow during the winter months. The city of Islamabad itself is no desert city, either. It is filled with trees and grass that stretch between the houses and buildings and roads, filling the region with enough green that one might never realize they were in Pakistan in the first place.

It is on these green grassy paths, in view of the lush Margalla Hills, that a woman walks in the evening hour, heading for a nondescript building half a mile away. She walks alone, wearing a baggy pair of trousers and shirt and a simple scarf wrapped around her head. Her hands stay close to her waist and she constantly scans her environment, watching around her for any sign of danger.

As the woman passes by a bench on the outside of a nearby park a man sits up and stares at her. He calls out to her in Urdu, shouting in a slurred voice that betrays the fact that he has been drinking for the last few hours. She ignores the man, keeping her pace steady as she plods along. He tries to stand up from the bench but fails to remain upright, toppling over almost immediately and falling to the ground. His loud groans of pain will soon attract attention so the woman increases her speed to get away from him before the authorities show up.

The building the woman is traveling towards is one of many along a busy street in the heart of the city. It is several stories tall, made of brick or stone or some other material that feels to her like it is completely devoid of color and life. The building is designed to blend in and not attract attention but it is that fact that draws her eye directly toward it.

The woman walks past the building, heading for a bus stop on a nearby street corner. She checks her watch as she approaches the bus stop and speeds up, realizing that she is nearly thirty seconds behind schedule. The bus arrives as she reaches the stop. She gets on board, pays her fare and takes a seat at the very back. Four women and three men are on the bus as well, though two of the men depart at the stop where she got on board.

Once the bus is moving again she reaches under her seat and dislodges a white envelope that was jammed between the seat and the seat support.

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