Chapter 21
At the Ghost 13 operations room in London, Carl felt the buzzing of his mobile in his inside jacket pocket and saw a withheld number message display on the screen.
“Carl Paterson?”
“Yes?”
“This is David Devlin. You know who I am. From now on, you report to me directly. Any update, any single item of information you learn, must be reported directly to me. Do you understand?”
Carl hesitated. “Right, I thought Keller…”
“Forget Keller. Is your phone encrypted?”
“Yes.”
“Good. I will give you a phone number to call me on. Any updates on the Pandora situation must be relayed to me directly,” he said, the tone deadly serious.
“Okay, will do,” Carl said curtly, bristling at the tone.
Devlin gave him a number and then asked him to repeat it before disconnecting. Carl stared at h
