Chapter 69

           

           Nearlyasphyxiatedbyfumes,Langdonstruggleduptheladdertowardthelightatthetopofthepit.Abovehimheheardvoices,butnothingwasmakingsense.Hisheadwasspinningwithimagesofthebrandedcardinal.

           Earth…Earth…

           Ashepushedupward,hisvisionnarrowedandhefearedconsciousnesswouldslipaway.Tworungsfromthetop,hisbalancefaltered.Helungedupwardtryingtofindthelip,butitwastoofar.Helosthisgripontheladderandalmosttumbledbackwardintothedark.Therewasasharppainunderhisarms,andsuddenlyLangdonwasairborne,legsswingingwildlyoutoverthechasm.

           ThestronghandsoftwoSwissGuardshookedhimunderthearmpitsanddraggedhimskyward.AmomentlaterLangdon’sheademergedfromtheDemon’shole,chokingandgaspingforair.Theguardsdraggedhimoverthelipoftheopening,acrossthefloor,andlayhimdown,backagainstthecoldmarblefloor.

           Foramoment,Langdonwasunsurewherehewas.Overheadhesawstars…orbitingplanets.Hazyfiguresracedpasthim.Peoplewereshouting.Hetriedtositup.Hewaslyingatthebaseofastonepyramid.Thefamiliarbiteofanangrytongueechoedinsidethechapel,andthenLangdonknew.

           OlivettiwasscreamingatVittoria."Whythehelldidn’tyoufigurethatoutinthefirstplace!"

           Vittoriawastryingtoexplainthesituation.

           Olivetticutheroffmidsentenceandturnedtobarkorderstohismen."Getthatbodyoutofthere!Searchtherestofthebuilding!"

           Langdontriedtositup.TheChigiChapelwaspackedwithSwissGuards.

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