Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Hole in the Basement

"Almost done," Zanr said in his ear.

"There is a hidden hole with a kind of steel sliding door somewhere in the floor of the basement. Find it when you're done with the explosives."

"Why do they have a hole in the basement?"

"Parnell likes to capture very young females and force them to become agents. If they defy him, he puts them in there and allows insects to walk on them. That is how he breaks their will. He did it to my breeder."

Most nights, she woke screaming, frantic to get some unseen animal off her. Sometimes, she didn't wake and the only way he could calm her was to tell her he would get them off her. Stroking his hands over her, pretending to remove the insects, was the only thing that calmed her.

"I'm on it," Zanr said. "Make sure that drittsekk suffers."

"Report in every fifteen minutes if all goes well."