Evil Under the Stars by Alex Wagner

Author:Alex Wagner [Wagner, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-08T04:00:00+00:00

Immediately afterwards, Penny had the impression of having witnessed a miracle.

She’d taken it upon herself to thoroughly search Greta Musgrave's suite and its terrace once again. But just as she entered the room, she heard a sound: not a fearful scream this time, just a low moan. It seemed to be coming from the direction of the bed. Penny drew her pistol again and moved toward the center of the room as if in slow motion.

Again she heard the moaning, and from the same direction. Louder this time. But there was nothing on the mattress except the pillows and sheets.

She got down on her knees on the rug, and looked under the bed—from where the moaning seemed to be issuing.

Penny froze. In the next moment, she hastily put the gun away, pushed herself a little way into the narrow cavity, and grabbed the arm that was stretching toward her.

She gently pulled on it—and a few moments later Greta Musgrave lay gasping next to her on the bedside rug. Her hair was covered with a layer of dust, her face had a few scratches, and her eyes were fixed with shock. But otherwise she appeared unharmed.

She tried to get up under her own power, bracing herself on her elbows. Penny came to her rescue, and so Greta made it onto the bed. She sank into the pillows, but looked around the room in confusion.

"What … happened?" she moaned. "Why—"

She leaned jerkily over the edge of the bed, staring back into the gap underneath it out of which Penny had just pulled her. She seemed to have no memory whatsoever of how she had gotten there or of what had been done to her.

The patio door had long since been closed, but it was still icy cold in the room. The heater had some catching up to do. Penny sent a radio message to her colleagues that Greta had been found and was well.

"We should have known," Jürgen replied. "That trail out there in the snow was just meant to lead us astray, and we fell for it like bloody beginners."

He remained silent for a moment, then added, "Can Mrs. Musgrave say who did this to her?"

"I'm afraid not," Penny said. "But I'll see what she remembers. I'll get back to you."

"What happened?" Greta repeated mechanically. "Why won’t you tell me what happened?" She sounded tearful.

At that moment, the lights in the room came back on, and Alfons radioed in: "Can't see any issue down here," he said tersely. "Looks like the power and the emergency generator were just turned off."

He waited a moment, then added, "Do you think it was a saboteur?"

Penny said nothing in reply. She simply sat down next to Greta on the edge of the bed and allowed her to reach for her hand. Her fingers were clammy and trembling slightly.

"There's been a break-in," Penny began cautiously. She could only allow herself to confront the woman, who seemed to be in a good deal of shock, with the events of the last few hours in bits and pieces.

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