Infiltrator: Your muse slips in my muse’s gang to gain information
The information given to him by the cartel had been accurate—if a little outdated—but the file on Annabel Clarke had been rather sparse. Perhaps sparse was not the correct word, he mused, following the young woman of interest up the stairs of the abandoned tenement. Incinerated would have been a better choice.
Little Miss Sunshine, the joy of Lamont’s eye and through careful observation, he’d noted that Ashford had no small amount of pride in his adopted daughter. He’d have been lying if he said he wasn’t just the slightest bit curious about what made the heir-apparent of this particular mob operation so special.
Somehow, as he took one step to her two to reach the vantage point, he’d also expected her to be a little taller. Well, height was no indication of ability, he thought as he swept aside the shattered glass before opening up the case he’d carried up for the job.
"Spotted the target yet? We haven’t got all day."
Scoped in, he heard rather than saw her fold her arms, the rustle of fabric and the tap of her foot against the floor alerting him to her impatience. It was good fortune—not for the poor sod—that both the mob and the cartel wanted this mark dead. “Target sighted.”
"Fire when you’re ready."
He exhaled, relaxing as the cross-hairs lined up just right, and squeezed the trigger.