The Code

M. Sean Coleman

Episode 1
Crash

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Written by M. Sean Coleman

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The Code

You will never know me, but I will be the death of you.
I saw what you did — I see everything you do.
I heard what you said — I know your secrets.
I know where you went — I follow you everywhere.
You are not above scrutiny — I scrutinise everything.
You are not above the law — I am the law.
Don’t ask for forgiveness, nor pardon, nor grace.
Just understand this:
If you cannot live by the Code, you must die by the Code.

Strider

RULE #1: Always Introduce Yourself

Targets should know that they have been attacked and understand why. Ultimately, they must know that their secret is out.

He hated Paris in the springtime. It was all such a cliché couples walking hand-in-hand along the Champs-Élysées, and kissing for posed photographs beneath the Eiffel Tower, or buying overpriced, single-stem roses from street hawkers at pavement cafes simply because every other couple there had just done exactly the same thing. Of course, he understood that they were all just fulfilling a romantic stereotype, it was what they had come here for, but it was the sheer unoriginality of it all that annoyed him countless couples going through the motions of being in love to such an extent that Romance Tourism was now a major business in Paris.

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollständigen Ausgabe!