The Forbidden Temple
“Two of them then moved to either side of the door, guarding it, while the third bolted it shut from the outside. René was left standing by the wall, his large frame slumped as if the strings of a marionette had been cut. His jaw was already beginning to ache and he could feel his lip had split at one corner. There was the taste of blood in his mouth and a bruised imprint on his neck where the soldier’s hand had been.
‘Please, Mr Falkus, take a seat,’ Zhu said slowly, gesticulating to the other ...side of the cell where the chair remained on its side.
René hesitated. Taking a couple of paces forward, he righted it and gingerly lowered himself down.
‘She’s just a kid . . .’ he began in a hoarse whisper.
Zhu didn’t answer, but instead glanced at the two soldiers by the door and nodded for them to leave. When it had shut behind them, he smiled at René.
‘The gentlemen you’ve just met,’ he began, ‘are from a special division of the army that I have commandeered. For all that, I’m afraid they’re not exactly what we might call “refined”.MoreLess
‘Please, Mr Falkus, take a seat,’ Zhu said slowly, gesticulating to the other ...side of the cell where the chair remained on its side.
René hesitated. Taking a couple of paces forward, he righted it and gingerly lowered himself down.
‘She’s just a kid . . .’ he began in a hoarse whisper.
Zhu didn’t answer, but instead glanced at the two soldiers by the door and nodded for them to leave. When it had shut behind them, he smiled at René.
‘The gentlemen you’ve just met,’ he began, ‘are from a special division of the army that I have commandeered. For all that, I’m afraid they’re not exactly what we might call “refined”.MoreLess
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