Night was falling. No one had come to feed them. Their jailers had obviously forgotten that humans eat several times a day. Deirane kept her eyes open, despite the darkness. She couldn"t sleep. That"s when she heard the metallic clink. Something had just hit the bars of the skylight. She shook Cleindorel. Then she got up slowly and woke Vespef up. The Pentarch sat up on her elbows and listened.
The tinkling sound was heard again. This time something entered the cell. Something attached to a rope that immediately brought him back to his launcher and stuck him in the skylight. A grappling hook. Someone was trying to free them.
A violent pull on the rope shook the bars. They resisted.
“The masonry is fresh,” Vespef remarked, “the cement won’t hold for long.”
Indeed, they began to move. Th
