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Chapter One
Third day on the job, half a million dollars to the good, but something about this gig simply wasn’t feeling right. I pulled a single Tarot card and flipped it up, expecting and getting the horned demon. Again.
Nothing like being caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea.
In the yacht’s overheated stateroom, the sharp bite of ocean air mingled with heavy jasmine perfume. Overdressed geishas strummed their toy-sized guitars in one corner, while a subset of the elegantly coiffed women, clad in ornate kimonos and silken shoes, wielded ornamental swords and paced through the complicated steps of some ritualistic dance, all for the benefit of an appreciative audience of businessmen and dignitaries. The geisha patrol had been going at it for hours with no sign of stopping.
I tucked the card back into my purse as I watched the women float over the polished floor, and tried not to squirm in my pumps and high-collared cocktail dress. I’d wear anything if the job required it, but this assignment had gone on too long.
Beyond the open veranda doors and wide deck, the night sky was crystal clear, the Pacific Ocean as calm as it ever got off the coast of Japan. We were anchored over one of the most controversial underwater monuments the country had to offer. Our uniquely well-outfitted luxury yacht was the only vessel around for miles.
Exactly how the Japanese Imperial Guard wanted it.
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