Shrouded in the slowly rising gray mist, Nimrod opened his eyes to the sight of Roger's bedroom. His deputy, "Baldy" Harman, also lived in the home of the Stinger Gang's boss, "Black Scorpion" Roger. Harman was the man Roger trusted most. The two of them had built the Stinger Gang up from a single dance hall.
Unfortunately, a Sequence 8 Gardener had no way of noticing that his boss had quietly been replaced.
Besides Harman, there were Roger's mistress, "Short Candlestick" Castina, and "Iron Hammer" Ait, who had betrayed the Sava Party. However, Iron Hammer Ait had lost his life during Lumian's earlier assassination attempt. This was also one of the reasons Gardner Martin, the Sava Party's boss, had shown Lumian favor.
But had Gardner really extended an olive branch to Lumian simply because he had killed a traitor? Not really. For Gardner, that was merely an excuse. His true reason remained his desire to use Lumian to accomplish certain things.
As for how Lumian had managed to kill Iron Hammer Ait amid the Stinger Gang's layers of protection after killing Wilson and Margot, that was a question for Nimrod, the Stinger Gang's most benevolent boss.
With the intelligence Nimrod provided and Lumian's own formidable assassination skills, Ait had lost his life without any suspense.
A Hunter's physique combined with an Assassin's all-out strike-it was outrageously underhanded.
After waking, Nimrod did not review the details of what he had done during his previous "crossing" as he usually did. Instead, he rose directly and stepped onto the windowsill.
During this period, the Stinger Gang's leaders and the gang members who managed its lowest-ranking thugs and hoodlums had all spent at least some nights temporarily staying at "Roger's" house under various identities. Recent rumors that Passion intended to assassinate them had left