He felt foolish for allowing himself to be captured and now found himself in close proximity to Nikolas Rokoff. To his surprise, Rokoff had been a perfect gentleman and offered him water and food after saving him from the thugs in the truck beating him black and blue. Rokoff had yelled at them. He even struck one man with a knotted rope until he was bleeding. “No one is to harm him,” Rokoff growled threateningly. “What are you going to do with me?” asked Robbie, determined not to show any fear. Rokoff just smiled and said nothing. They finally stopped at the edge of another huge lake and boarded a motor yacht. Karnath’s cage was carefully lifted on board under the Russian’s watchful gaze. The journey across the lake took the entire night, but Robbie was too full of adrenalin to sleep. A quick search of his cabin revealed it was impossible to escape—the windows were too narrow to crawl through and the door was locked.
