Sin and Sacrifice by Bourdon Danielle

Author:Bourdon, Danielle [Bourdon, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Wildbloom Press
Published: 2011-06-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Dracht glanced down to the paper in his hand. The license plate number matched the one of the van parked in the lot of the decrepit church.

“It's the same one,” he said.

“I'll bet they've got them in the basement again,” Dragar said, rechecking the rounds in his clip before sliding it into the gun. “There has to be another door leading down there besides having to go through the front.”

Two other men in the back of their own van made final preparations. All were dressed in black to blend in better with the night. They wore shoulder holsters under their jackets. Each had a belt on with additional supplies: minor explosives, mirrors, stun grenades, heavy sedatives.

Dracht looked out the windshield from the driver's seat and brought the binoculars up to scan the outside of the building. It was the fourth time he'd checked for security. They'd gotten word only an hour ago that the van had been spotted. Dracht didn't want to waste a second closing in. With any luck, they wouldn't arrive to find the women moved to another location, like the last time.

“Anything?” Dragar asked.

“Nothing. I think I see stairs at the back but no one's guarding them.”

“That'll be the door directly to the basement we need,” Dragar added, then spoke over his shoulder to one of the men in the back. “Raoul, bring the bolt cutters just in case.”

“I'm on it, boss,” Raoul said, taking the bolt cutters out of a bag on the metal floor.

“If we're going, we need to go now. There's only about an hour until daylight,” Dracht said, lowering the binoculars.

“Then let's go.” Dragar pushed open the door and got out.

On cue, the other men exited at the same time, leaving the doors cracked so they wouldn't alert anyone on guard at the church to their presence.

Four hulking shadows crossed the street and swarmed the back stairs, descending one at a time.

Dracht stood to the side and let Raoul cut the chain wrapped through the door handles. He wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad sign. Either the group of men wanted to make it hard for anyone to get in, or they'd already vacated the premises. The van could be a decoy to make them spend time here while the group interrogated the women somewhere else.

The church, on the outskirts of Athens, was an older monument that had not gone through renovations in some time. Thin spires rose high and sharp against the black sky, like needles trying to pierce heaven. A large cross threw a shadow down onto the sidewalk from the moon. Stained glass windows depicting scenes from the bible lined every wall. Several had been broken out from vandals who had no care for religion or sacred places.

After Raoul painstakingly removed the chain, Dracht opened one of the doors and listened; in the distance he heard water dripping and a strange metallic noise that creaked rhythmically. The men around him stayed quiet, keeping an eye out in different directions so that they weren't taken by surprise.

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