Death of a Cuckold Knight by B.R. Stateham

Author:B.R. Stateham [Stateham, B.R.]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: Next Chapter

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Problem.

After finding the Da Vinci hanging silently in its dark, stunning beauty on the wall, Jake quickly slipped to the entrance leading into the room and tilted an ear toward the door to hear if anyone was coming. Faintly, downstairs, he heard the agony of the sick guard heaving his guts out in a loud, agonizing half-scream, half-groan of unrelenting pain. Undoubtedly, the man’s loud heaving had awakened whatever small staff resided in the mansion, giving the singular security officer at least two extra pairs of bodies to help him guard the mansion’s treasures.

And that was the problem.

The healthy guard, feeling a little more confident in maintaining security, decided to complete his partner’s internal sweep of the house. From floor to floor, the guard was making his way up to the third floor, heavy boots slowly ascending the creaky stairs on the far side of the floor as he made his way heavenward toward the Da Vinci.

Through the crack in the door between door and doorframe, Jake saw the sweep of a bright electric torchlight sweeping across the upper reaches of the third-floor steps as the guard continued to slowly ascend the staircase. Stepping back from the door, he turned and eyed the only venue for escape, the window, and then eyed the Da Vinci hanging on the wall. He would never have time to move silently across the long gallery, open the window, and close it behind him in time. He thought about perhaps he could make it if he left the Mona Lisa hanging on the wall for now, coming back when the guard checked the room and left.

But if he did that, the window would be unlocked from the inside. What if the guard was diligent in his work and checked to see if the window was indeed closed and untampered with? He would be hanging on the mansion’s wall just below the windowsill, making it impossible for him to escape without the guard seeing him. He would either have to silence the guard before an alarm was given—which meant he would have to remove the guard swiftly and without mercy—or he would probably be on the receiving end of a bullet fired from the guard’s weapon.

When he entered through the window, he automatically locked the window behind him. It was a force of habit. Enter and leave a building exactly as you found it. But right now, if he could find a hiding place where he could slip into before the guard arrived, there was a chance the guard would simply open the door to the gallery, step in, and just sweep the room visually using the electric torch he was carrying, and nothing more.

Serendipity!

The heavy door opened into the room. Meaning he could step into the small space directly behind the open door and wait for the guard to make his check before closing the door and heading back downstairs. If the guard opened the door and left the door open as he checked the

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