The Job

Chapter 02 | The Job

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It would be easy now, he hoped. Even though he didnt really know what he was doing.

Evening drew in, and with it, a blessed easing of the heat. Now was the time. In this middling heat, his body would be at its finest and his honed eyes would be his greatest asset. Hed always been good in the dark.

The town hall loomed over him on the other side of the square. It was the biggest square in the city, and stall owners were pulling down their...