This time, he was resolved, the prey should not slip through his fingers.
As Brice took the first forward-springing step, Hade finished unfastening the door and flung it wide.
In across the threshold poured a cascade of armed men.
Hard-faced and tanned they were, one and all, and dressed as yacht sailors.
Then Gavin Brice knew what had happened, and that his own life was not worth a chipped plate..