Assassination Attempt

"How'd you go Baer?" said Alton.

"I don't think I was noticed as out of place by anyone. It's in place. As good as it can be. It fit into the brackets neatly. I think it's stuck against the side of the box nice and firm so even if they drag the carriage box around a bit before he dismounts, it won't rattle loose. It shouldn't explode without a detonator either, but it is highly volatile and if it happened to get too close to an ignition source, it could go off."

"Here's hoping that doesn't happen," said Alton. "Alright, let's settle down here so we can keep an eye on things until he arrives."

The three men waited in tense silence, cursorily stirring at their sewer hole, conversation dried up in the face of what they were about to do.

Brenner's voice rang out over the market hubbub. He had a drum machine playing and was playing a low bass guitar that thrummed across the distance.