CHAPTER 61Two men were standing beside Henk holding his arms and looking at him closely.
Josyff recognized the grey uniforms and white dove insignia immediately. Although the sudden appearance of the two men startled him, and despite his uneasiness about the New Order’s police c*m army, Josyff experienced an overwhelming sense of relief.
“The drawbridge is down,” he said, to no one in particular. “It’s down. It’s down! We’re free!” He turned back to Esyal. “We can get out of here.”
But Esyal was shaking her head.
“No. Something’s wrong,” she said, still staring intently at the two figures.
Josyff’s eyes followed hers and he saw it. The two men were identical. And there was something lifeless about their faces. The word ‘ill-formed’ came to him, but he had little time to consider it, f
