Chapter 7
Alhambra Palace
“I don’t understand, they’ve just disappeared,” yelled Rose staring at a puzzled Rostov and wondering how the hell it had happened. They were down in the Perseus room having waited ten minutes as instructed by Sergei; it was clear there had been a scuffle and the door’s lock had been tampered with. “Sergei’s a big man, he couldn’t just disappear. This corridor doesn’t lead anywhere; it’s as if they have vanished into thin air.”
“The old grate is loose,” shouted Rostov, trying to move it. “I’m going down, my men have the boundaries covered so they can’t escape.” He slammed the grate up and started to crawl, squeezing his large muscular bulk into the hole and cursing as he did so.
“They’re both gone?” yelled Guy in disbelief as Rose told him the news. “The b***h
