Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 91

           Therewasonlythefearfulgeometryofthecommander’shead…torquedbackward,twisted180degreesinthewrongdirection.Vittoriafoughttheimagesofherownfather’smangledbody.

           Thephoneonthecommander’sbeltlayagainstthefloor,vibratingoverandoveragainstthecoldmarble.Vittoriahungupherownphone,andtheringingstopped.Inthesilence,Vittoriaheardanewsound.Abreathinginthedarkdirectlybehindher.

           Shestartedtospin,gunraised,butsheknewshewastoolate.Alaserbeamofheatscreamedfromthetopofherskulltothesolesofherfeetasthekiller’selbowcrasheddownonthebackofherneck.

           "Nowyouaremine,"avoicesaid.

           Then,everythingwentblack.

           Acrossthesanctuary,ontheleftlateralwall,Langdonbalancedatopapewandscrapedupwardonthewalltryingtoreachthecleat.Thecablewasstillsixfeetabovehishead.Cleatslikethesewerecommoninchurchesandwereplacedhightopreventtampering.Langdonknewpriestsusedwoodenladderscalledpiuòlitoaccessthecleats.Thekillerhadobviouslyusedthechurch’sladdertohoisthisvictim.Sowherethehellistheladdernow!Langdonlookeddown,searchingtheflooraroundhim.Hehadafaintrecollectionofseeingaladderinheresomewhere.Butwhere?Amomentlaterhisheartsank.Herealizedwherehehadseenit.Heturnedtowardtheragingfire.Sureenough,theladderwashighatoptheblaze,engulfedinflames.

           Fillednowwithdesperation,Langdonscannedtheentirechurchfromhisraisedplatform,lookingforanythingatallthatcouldhelphimreachthecleat.

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