“That’s not true.” Arthur sensed the Energy stirring. “They are still traveling to a predefined gathering space.”
“Predefined gathering space?” He rolled his eyes. “This is the mythical hidden city of Stark’s so-called Alliance, isn’t it? The one you’ve never before revealed to me? Tell me… why should I trust you?”
“My information has never been wrong before.”
“True, true. Your information has never been wrong. But it has been incomplete. Just enough to make sure that we aren’t the ones to throw off the future history that sees me survive to this time, to ward off anything that might threaten my control and power. Yet you failed to warn me of the Cataclysm unleashed by a member of the Alliance. I’m still recovering from that.”
“No one knew. That wasn’t something revealed in our communication from the future.”
Arthur laughed. “Whatever.” He stood up. “I’ve lost my appetite. How about you?”
“My appetite is fine. I—”
The hands went to the throat, and seconds later the contact lost consciousness and collapsed back into the booth.
Seconds later, Porthos and Athos emerged from a nearby table. The restaurant owner had received sufficient payment to look the other way as Porthos had slipped the sleeping potion into the contact’s drink. They continued to look the other way as the Hunters floated the unconscious person through a back door and into Arthur’s waiting hovercraft.
The three men scrambled aboard. Thirty minutes later, they were in the air, heading back to Aliomenti Headquarters.
The Alliance were finally freed of the constraints of history.
Unbeknownst to them, the Aliomenti were as well.
Arthur sipped at the drink he’d taken from the restaurant.
War was coming. He intended to win.
He glanced at the unconscious person in the back seat. He’d fired the first salvo.
The first victory in the coming war belonged to the Aliomenti.
~~~~~#####~~~~~
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