Red Ultimatum by Edwin D. Fuller

Author:Edwin D. Fuller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beaufort Books
Published: 2025-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

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HUMBERTO DELGADO AIRPORT

LISBON, PORTUGAL

Parisa Dhafari saw the old man sitting in the Terminal 1 passenger lounge. His fourth finger on his right hand pressed inward. She took him as her contact palming a small note. In a moment she’d know for certain. He slowly sauntered toward her. She extended her left hand down to her side. They casually swept past each other. Dhafari didn’t acknowledge him as he slipped a small folded piece of paper into her palm. He had done his job and was out the door with a roller suitcase, blending in with people coming and going.

She waited to read the communique until she was in a restroom stall. It told her where to meet her next contact at the airport and how to identify her. Dhafari tore up the paper and flushed it down the toilet. Ten minutes later she stopped at a specific gate indicated on the note. She spotted her contact, a woman in her 30s wearing a business suit, hat, and veil. On the seat next to her, a black leather Ferragamo purse, a shopping bag from Chic Coração, and a copy of the day’s International New York Times.

“Excuse me, is this seat taken?” Parisa Dhafari asked in English. “I’ve been on my feet for hours.”

She wasn’t just being polite. It was code.

“Yes. Walking on these hard floors can be tiring.”

The woman provided the correct response. There were two more lines to exchange.

Dhafari said, “I should have worn better shoes.”

The woman replied, “I swear, I’ll never wear heels again when I travel.”

With the script perfectly recited, the woman removed her purse and bag but left a newspaper on the seat. Dhafari picked it up and sat.

Two minutes later, and with no more words between them, the woman left. Dhafari nodded to her and nonchalantly read the paper’s front page while deftly feeling for an envelope between the pages. It was there. Back in the ladies room she removed it and took out a ticket for her next flight, a Canadian passport with her photograph as a brunette and her new name, two credit cards, and $1,000 in U.S. cash.

Dhafari smiled inwardly. This was the ultimate assignment she had been trained for. She was more than ready. Eager, excited, thrilled.

It was well over a year ago when she first prepared for the mission. She and her team were presented with multiple scenarios, each with different operational requirements and details to master. They were prepared to operate in Brussels, London, Berlin, Taipei, Seoul, Mexico City, and Panama City, and five other international cities. Dhafari had visited each location, considered the best options for executing the plan, and mapped the safest routes for exfiltration. Now, the location was confirmed. She was satisfied with the selection. More than that. She was certain it offered the best opportunity for success.

Parisa Dhafari felt a stirring far greater than anything sexual. She was a masterful asset, a skilled assassin, and a loyal soldier. In her zeal, however, she failed to see that, like her sister, she was merely a tool.

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