She is not kept waiting long. She has unsettled her enemy's spirit, upset their rhythm. Guards speak to headmen who speak to bosses. A Serpent on our doorstep? It is perhaps unprecedented. It may be insanity. In the space of one step, she has moved from Bronx County to a plot of land controlled by some of the most ruthless criminal bosses to be found in North America. They are the law here. There is no other authority that might act to prevent them from killing her where she stands.