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one,” he said slowly, “who deals with them here
in this ancient city. Her name is Chang. She appeared here six years ago. Where
her wealth comes from none may say. She provides all manner of things that do
not come from us, or any other House that we know. She may be whom you seek.”
    “Given what you say,” Will asked cautiously, “how is it that
you have not already confronted her?” An Fong grunted again.
    “Soon after her appearance here, the House of Choy attempted to
do so,” An Fong explained. “The Choy were all made mysteriously dead. Since
then, she has insinuated herself not only with the other Houses, but with the
British as well. It would not be wise for the House of An to confront her.”
    Will looked at Saira out of the corner of his eye and caught
her secret hand signal that An Fong was telling the truth. He sighed, and held
up the cylinder.
    “I thank you for what aid you are able to provide,” Will said.
The same young woman who had poured the tea appeared from the shadows to take
the cylinder from him.
    “We are reluctant to set you on this path William Hunting Owl,”
An Fong said gravely. “All who have sought the Jade Woman, as Chang is known
here, have disappeared never to be seen again.”
    “Still,” Will observed shrewdly, “you believe she is whom I
seek. You just do not want to be the one who confronts her.”
    “We sense that there is a greater power behind her,” An Fong
replied soberly, “A power that is hidden from us. It is not another
organization that we know of, or one of the nation states. We would know if
this was so, I assure you.” He smiled coldly, and Will was reminded once again
of a skull. “Their secrets are not as secure as they would believe.”
    “We sense the same behind these black raiders that you seek,
William Hunting Owl, a hidden power unknown to us. Whether they are the same
power as Chang or not,” An Fong raised his shoulders, “that we do not know.”
    “Then when I find out, I'll let you know,” Will said simply.
    “These are grave and delicate matters for every one of us.”  An
Fong nodded as if he expected Wills' reply. He gestured with a hand and the
bodyguard Guang leapt to his feet. “Guang will accompany you as you seek out
the Jade Woman.”
    Will knew that An Fong's words were not a request.
     

Chapter 4
    Hotel Farthingale, Hong Kong
     
    A bigail calmed her shaking hands by sheer
force of will before entering the private dining room . Her emotions were
still in a turmoil. While the strange woman's attack had been horrible enough,
her own reaction shook her to the core. She had wanted to kill the evil smiling
bitch, kill her horribly. She'd always been of a 'high temperament' as Mrs. M
would put it, but this was something different.
    The fact that somehow Abigail had not killed made little
difference to her; she had wanted to. She'd wanted to do such violence that her
attacker expired painfully. She still did. What did that say about her, she thought
to herself ruefully. Was she a Royal Scholar or a frustrated killer? More to
the point, she thought with irritation, why hadn't she killed the snarling dolly
mop?  Abigail had checked the weapon as best she could. It seemed to be
functional. She was certain that Saira would never have allowed a defective
weapon into her hands in any case. How was it then that the deadly electric
bolts had not killed the woman instantly?
    It was another issue that Abigail could not examine at the
moment. She placed it in a corner of her mind with the other issues the attack
raised, such as who, how, and why. Her mind was awhirl, and she could barely
stop her hands from shaking.  Abigail wanted nothing so much as to curl up
around a bottle of brandy until the shaking stopped. However, that noisome
secretary, Preemus, would become suspicious should she not join him. She could
not risk official questions, not when she was here to meet her father. Besides
he had promised to provide her with