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hold of SBB13Anderson fumbled with his
light and retreated a step.
Langdon also recoiledas did Satowho looked startled for the first time all night.
Sato aimed the gun at the back wall and motioned for Anderson to shine the light again.
Anderson raised the light. The beam was dim by the time it reached the far wallbut the
light was enough to illuminate the shape of a pallid and ghostly facestaring back at them
through lifeless sockets.
A human skull.
The skull sat atop a rickety wooden desk positioned against the rear wall of the chamber.
Two human leg bones sat beside the skullalong with a collection of other items that
were meticulously arranged on the desk in shrinelike fashion—an antique hourglassa
crystal flaska candletwo saucers of pale powderand a sheet of paper. Propped against
the wall beside the desk stood the fearsome shape of a long scytheits curved blade as
familiar as that of the grim reaper.
Sato stepped into the room. “Wellnow . . . it appears Peter Solomon keeps more secrets
than I imagined.”
Anderson noddedinching after her. “Talk about skeletons in your closet.” He raised the
light and surveyed the rest of the empty chamber. “And that smell [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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