Chapter Forty-Four
The Labyrinth of Judas, Bethsaida
Anna let herself down through the opening to the labyrinth by hanging onto the rim and dropping down the final few feet to the cave floor. It was pitch black except for the light filtering through from the gap above her.
Her first impulse was to crouch quietly and listen for any unexpected sounds. She knew the Satanica’s serial killer was in there somewhere and he would be expecting her arrival. She waited a couple of minutes to be on the safe side but there were no strange noises – just an eerie stillness. The calm before the storm, she thought.
Her eyes began to become more accustomed to the darkness and she suddenly became more aware of the structures around her. Squinting, she could vaguely see a perfectly flat wall up ahead that
