- It's a hired killer.

- Why do you think so? - I stared in shock at the interlocutor, a glass of wine hung in the air.

- He has a specific tattoo on his face, only guild members go like that.

I paused, running through my mind about possible retreats. Morel, counterintelligence, my flight, the hired killer - is it all connected or not?

- How do you know that?

Master Cooper shrugged, then got up and went to the bar to ask for red wine instead of the white he had brought. I liked white, Devlin preferred dark and sweet. When he returned, he did indeed have a...