Flash Fiction # 420: Devlin at Work

 Some people were just born stupid, and Councilor Trask turned out to be one of the top members of that group. He possessed nothing more than feral cunning and had bought a position high enough in Government to hide his secrets, at least for a while.  The man did not plan his attacks, but only waited where he knew his prey must pass.  On a world with a more significant policing force, he would