Another long pause. Seriously? I drowned my apprehension in a tidal wave of positive sentiment but my apprehension broke free and bobbed to the surface, shooting me the finger for my efforts.

"Not murder," he finally said. "You already have too public a profile within the Brotherhood."

"Knowing I'm only going to stay alive because they might get caught is hardly reassuring." I grimaced. "What about a timely unfortunate accident? I mean, Rasha die."

"They'd try to ...