Together, we began searching the room. There wasn’t a lot in there, but there had to be a door or something that led to the other room. Otherwise, we were missing a very noticeable staircase upstairs.
I was just about to suggest that maybe there actually was a second staircase when Jasmine let out a yelp of triumph.
“Pearce! Here!”
I hurried over to her and saw what she was excited about—a door. I tried the knob, and it was open. Someone must have decided he wasn’t worth worrying about with all the excitement upstairs. Briefly my mind wandered there. Were my men winning? Losing? Were they all dead?
No, they know how to handle themselves.
Jerking the door open, I stepped through and then froze. It was only for a second as I took in Kato dangling from a chain, his arms suspended over hi
