Fatal deceptions, p.16
FATAL DECEPTIONS,
p.16
It was time for change.
As if to applaud his conclusions, the birds sang for him. Oh, how they called out to each other…a siren’s song to lure in their prey. They watched him, reacted to his voice. They were so like him in their brutality. Their beauty belied their ruthlessness.
The sheer hatred emanating from his companion reminded him that he had many preparations to make. Like the beautiful birds, his companion watched him from his cage.
He knew better than to trust either—the birds or the companion. One was as ruthless as the other.
“You shouldn’t waste your energy,” he warned. “You’ll need it for what’s coming.”
The fool dared to spit in his face.
Didn’t matter. He would, as the saying went, have the last laugh.
Tomorrow would prove interesting.
The day after, even more so.
It was time to watch his carefully orchestrated drama play out like the finale in the latest hit on Broadway.
A believable lie was far more complicated than the simple truth. He had become very, very good at creating the perfect lie. And why not?
He’d had the very best teacher.
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