Too Hot for a Spy by Pearl Wolf

Author:Pearl Wolf
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

London—“Three Zarkovian ships have been sighted at Dover, sir. They’re about to enter the channel. The prince should be ready to disembark in three days if the weather holds,” said Darlington. “But I must warn you that we’ve received some disturbing reports from our agents. Russian spies are already on our soil to try to prevent the signing of this treaty.”

“I’m not surprised to hear it. The Russians are in an uproar over it.”

“Why would the czar want to prevent such an insignificant country from increasing their livelihood, I wonder. Zarkovia is no bigger than Cornwall.”

“That may well be so, but its port faces St. Petersburg, my boy. It is just below Russian-controlled Estonia, you see. With this treaty, the Russians will be unable to bar Great Britain from expanding trade along the Baltic Sea. We’ll protect Zarkovia from Russian invasion in exchange for opening a trade route to the Scandinavian countries.”

“We stand ready to put a stop to any assassination attempt. I’ll inform the spymaster, sir.”

“Be sure to remind him that Fairchild is to be kept away from taking any part in this operation. His Grace would not approve, I’m sure. We must keep his daughter safe from danger at all costs.”

“I’ll make that quite clear to the spymaster, sir.” Had his future father-in-law made such a request? he wondered. He doubted it. Sidmouth meant for the duke to be beholden to him, more like.

“Get on with your work, Darlington,” Sidmouth said, dismissing his aide. The home secretary turned his attention to the unfinished report he was preparing for the Regent.

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