Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 988

"I am Jackie Wales, the Head Warden of this prison."

Nathan extended his hand in greeting. ‘Tm China's ambassador to Volk, Nathan Cross."

Jackie ignored the proffered hand, only saying coldly, "Your guards will have to remain here. Only you alone can come with me to see the two Chinese girls inside. Furthermore, you can only see them for ten minutes. Now, if that is clear, follow me inside."

Nathan nodded in agreement. "Lead the way!"

Jackie curtly ordered the surrounding prison guards to watch Nathan's own guards.

Bringing another ten of the prison guards with him, Jackie proceeded to lead Nathan into the depths of the prison.

Even as they entered the dark depths of the prison, Nathan maintained his calm image outwardly, appearing unruffled as ever. But internally, he had been soundlessly memorizing each turn of the path they had taken, as well as the defensive capabilities of each prison guard post they had passed, both seen and unseen. His eyes flicked across his surroundings, committing every single detail to memory.

This place was Volk's military prison, known for imprisoning the most notorious and dangerous criminals in the country.

The prison's formidable defense system was top-of-the-line. Coupled with the thousands of prison guards stationed here, the prison could be said to be nigh inescapable.

All too soon, Jackie had lead Nathan into the literal belly of the beast. They stood in front of a dark, dank cell.

Even now, in the cell, Penny was comforting Grace and trying to encourage her, saying that Nathan was definitely coming to rescue them.

But the truth was, beneath her resolutely determined demeanor, Penny was almost as desperate and panicky as Grace.

She wondered if Nathan could really get them both out of here. It was a hopeless question she could not answer. Everything seemed so far-fetched.

Which was why it seemed like a dream too good to be true when Nathan actually did show up outside of their cell.

"Nathan!"

"Mr. Cross!"

Flinging themselves at the iron bars of their prison cell, Penny and Grace could not contain their surprise at seeing Nathan. They shouted at him in excited voices through the barrier of the iron bars

Seeing that they were both still unharmed, Nathan breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

He gave them a small smile. "You're safe now. I'm getting you both out of this horrible place immediately."

Standing beside Nathan, Jackie finally chuckled coldly. "Are you sure about that, you naive Chinese pig?"

"Do you really think that my prison is some market where you can come and go as you please? Do you think I will allow you to take away any of the prisoners under my charge?”

"Ah, who do you think I am?"

Nathan matched Jackie's frigid tone. "Well, in my eyes, you're nothing at all."

Struck speechless, Jackie could only glare at him. Suddenly seeing Nathan's casual disregard of him as a show of his yet unseen abilities, Jackie belatedly realized that he was in trouble. The situation had turned against him.