Part 2: Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 Summary

The Wolf walks the streets of downtown Washington, DC and plots more murders, while lamenting the fact that all large cities are becoming boring, antiseptic places. He thinks that no one will ever understand him or his extraordinary level of paranoia; he knows that it's his Achilles heel, but it drives him to win at all costs.

He squeezes the little black ball and plans another lesson for the government. Driving toward FBI Director Burns' home in the suburbs, the Wolf asks himself if the Burns family should die. Would that be the most effective lesson? Since he isn't sure, he thinks that the answer is probably no; besides, there's another target, another grudge to settle. "Revenge, a dish best served cold."

At the same time, Alex is becoming increasingly frustrated with the process-obsessed Federal government. He sees the...