He fidgeted with his gold Rolex as Tanya told the two men about the “cold peering eye” that had observed her. Kriegworm strengthened the eavesdropping spell so Tanya’s voice boomed into his hiding place. “You can’t imagine how terrifying that look was,” he heard her say. “It seemed to come from afar, but at the same time the … watcher … was near … terribly near.” She suspects! Kriegworm thought, fear flooding his fiendish veins. Oh, Master, he silently begged, do not fault this undeserving devil. Thou knowest I gave no hint, no sign to the softskin Lawson of thy existence. “At first I thought my imagination was running wild because I was tired, or over-excited by what was happening,” he heard her continue. “Hell, that still might be so. However, when I was with Dolgov the same thing happened again. This … feeling … of something very powerful, very— damn, but I hate to use such an unprofessional description— but it was by God, evil!
