The Rise by Sean Deville

Author:Sean Deville [Deville, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

The Butler’s name was Viktor Patsiuk and he had worked for Clay for well over a decade. It was the perfect job for him. The pay was good, the tasks minimal and it presented him with a place to hide from his past. The past clearly didn’t matter now, but he had pledged his service to his paymaster, and Viktor never broke a pledge. A former Ukrainian Spetsnaz, he had left the failing state to seek his true worth having discovered a growing realisation that his skills would be in great demand on the free market.

Working freelance had put him on Clay’s radar as well as made him many enemies. Clay saw a man who was calm under pressure and who also had an enviable bearing and character. Viktor was also ruthless and hard as nails. So Clay had offered him a job, and soon found another use for the Ukrainian. The butler aspect was actually Viktor’s idea. What better way to hide a vicious killer in plain sight than to masquerade as a simple servant? Several of Clay’s enemies had fallen for the trap when presented to them. Viktor only masqueraded as a butler, he rarely actually performed the role. When he did though, he played the part perfectly having even taken instruction in the various tasks butlers performed.

There were other aspects to his employment that only a man like Viktor could carry out.

As he walked through the maze of corridors Clay’s house represented, he assessed his opinion of the newcomer called Susan. She was a reasonably attractive woman despite her age, Clay normally requiring Viktor to acquire them much younger. She was thin which was not through exercise, but more likely borderline malnutrition. Viktor couldn’t help but notice the half-empty vodka bottle on the sideboard, the smell of her room very telling. Viktor knew the knowledge of her alcoholism would be a powerful tool for Clay to use in the coming manipulation.

Viktor now understood why Clay had agreed to allow Susan entry to his home. It would be interesting to see how Mr Metcalf reacted when one of the lesser known truths about Clay was revealed to him. Viktor was looking forward to hopefully going toe to toe with Brian, his reputation as a hard man well earned. It was important for people like Viktor to constantly test their own abilities, and Brian would hopefully be more of a challenge than the last three people Viktor had been asked to kill.

There was always the chance that Brian would just accept what was about to happen to Susan. Viktor was just as happy for that eventuality to occur. Competent soldiers would be worth their weight in gold over the coming months.

At the end of the corridor, Viktor ascended a short flight of steps, taking a key out of one of his front jacket pockets. The door was innocuous, a passer-by likely considering it to be the boundary of a storage room. In a way it was, and a casual observer would think the contents belonged to the lady of the house.

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