“May Allah speed him to join his beloved wife in Heaven.”

“I promise to finish my work for him,” Humphrey added.

“This isn’t finished,” Lou said. “Let’s go over the guards again.”

Kazimi repeated what he knew. Burke … Drake … Collins … Bacon … an old butler named Harris … Again, Lou added the man Ron.

“Then there’s the scientist who discovered the Janus strain,” Kazimi said. “I don’t know his name, and we haven’t met him yet, so I cannot tell you how much of a threat he is.”

“How disabled is this Bacon? I saw him through his study window, and it looked like he could still put up a fight.”

“Especially if he has a gun,” Humphrey said.

Was that all? Lou guessed there could not be many more left, or the cameras overseeing the horrible gunfight would have brought them in by now.

“There is someone else,” Humphrey said. “I saw him in a room filled with monitors.”

“That’s probably the one I heard on the guard’s radio—the one named Ron.”

“Big man,” Humphrey said. “Broad shoulders. Bald with thick eyebrows and a goatee.”

“Where did you see him? Where’s that room with the screens?”

“I think it’s at the other end of that passageway. Near the main castle.”

“I know that door,” Kazimi said. “I’ve never seen it open and I assumed it was just for storage.”

“That’s got to be Ron.”

Lou understood this was a significant crossroads. He had to decide whether to go deeper into the castle and neutralize all threats, or try to escape and get help. Vaill had been wrong about there being a second mole in the agency, but chances were he was right about the control Bacon’s money had over the people in Mount William—especially the police. The choice seemed clear.

“What are we going to do?” Kazimi asked.

“We’re going down that corridor,” Lou said. “If the door is open, whoever is in there, I’ll take them out.”

“That may not be the best plan,” Humphrey said. “If there is guard, he will be armed and better trained than you. He also would be ready.”

Lou thought about the number of shots he took at Burke before he ran out of ammunition, and the number he missed.

“You have a better idea?” Lou asked.

“In fact,” Humphrey said with a spark in his eyes, “I do.”

*   *   *

KAZIMI HURRIED back into the lab, and emerged with the needed things. When he caught up with Lou and Humphrey, they were already moving slowly down the stone corridor. Lou had put a new ammo clip inside the Glock.