Chapter 16

CHAPTER 16 Two hours later, Dan and Amy received a call on Nellie's phone in the coffin. The phone vibrated in Amy's pocket, shocking her out of her half slumber. Dan had fallen asleep, unmoved by the glowing green light as Amy held the phone to her eyes. Unidentified caller. Perfect. She decided to risk a whisper. "Hello?" The line was barely working underground, and Amy strained to hear the scarcely discernible, staticfilled voice on the other end. All Amy could make out was the word safe, which she took to mean the coast was clear. It was a female voice, so it was probably Nataliya. Or Irina trying to smoke us out. She pushed the thought aside. Amy nudged Dan hard enough to wake him and he grumbled, trying to nestle in. The bones

两小时后，丹和艾米在棺材里接到了内莉的电话。 艾米口袋里的手机震动了一下，把她从半梦半醒中惊醒。 丹已经睡着了，当艾米把手机放在她的眼睛上时，他对闪烁的绿光无动于衷。 身份不明的调用者。完美的。 她决定冒险耳语一下。 “喂?”地下的线路几乎不能接通，艾美紧张地听着电话那头几乎听不见的、充满静电的声音。 艾米只能听出“安全”两个字，她以为这意味着安全了。 是个女声，所以可能是娜塔莉亚。 或者艾瑞娜想把我们熏出来。 她把这个念头放在一边。 艾米使劲推了丹一下，把他弄醒了，他嘟囔着，想钻进去。 骨头

beneath them sounded hollow and dry. "I just got a call. Someone said it's safe." "You don't have to tell me twice," said Dan, pushing up on the coffin lid without another word of encouragement. They both peered into the darkness. The doors had been closed. There was no light at all. "Here goes," said Amy. She turned on the flashlight and they were blinded by the harsh light of the beam. Amy sent the light dancing from wall to wall, coffin to coffin, until it rested on the door that would lead them out of the tomb and into the church upstairs. They got out as quietly as they could, though to Amy's horror, she heard the sound of bones breaking under her weight. "Probably just ribs," said Dan. "It's not like he's using them for anything. Who called?" "I'm not sure. I think it was Nataliya." They arrived at the exit. The card deck symbols did not appear from the tomb side of the door. It simply opened, and they were free.

他们脚下的声音空洞而干燥。 “我刚接到一个电话。有人说这里很安全。” “你不用跟我说第二遍，”丹说着，推了推棺材盖，没有再说一句鼓励的话。 他们俩都凝视着黑暗。 门是关着的。 一点光也没有。 “来吧，”艾米说。她打开手电筒，他们被刺眼的光束弄瞎了。 艾美让灯光从一面墙跳到另一面墙，从一具棺材跳到另一具棺材，最后落在通往坟墓和楼上教堂的门上。 他们尽可能安静地走了出去，但令艾米惊恐的是，她听到了骨头被她的体重压断的声音。 “可能只有肋骨，”丹说。 “他并没有利用它们做任何事情。 叫谁?”“我不确定。 我想是娜塔莉娅。”他们到达了出口。 牌组符号没有出现在墓门一侧。 门一打开，他们就自由了。

The next morning, ensconced in a Yekaterinburg hotel with Nellie on her way, Dan made a phone call. "You're not driving a monster truck, are you?" Dan asked Hamilton Holt. "Not yet, but the day is young." "Got your clue. Are you ready?" "I've been ready for two days. Lay it on me." "One gram melted amber." "Dude, that's gross. Who's Amber?" Dan laughed. He could imagine Hamilton Holt grinning on the other side of the line. Eisenhower grabbed the phone and yelled into it. "Don't think this means anything. We're done partnering! Siberia and back was a raw deal and you know it. You used us!" "Okay, Mr. Holt, whatever you say. Game on." "Game on!" Amy agreed.

第二天早上，内莉正在叶卡捷琳堡的一家酒店里，丹给她打了个电话。 “你不会是在开一辆怪物卡车吧？”丹问汉密尔顿·霍尔特。 “还没有，不过日子还早。” “我知道了。你准备好了吗？”“我已经准备了两天了。 把它给我吧。”“一克就能融化琥珀。” “老兄，这太恶心了。琥珀是谁?”丹笑了。 他可以想象汉密尔顿·霍尔特在电话那头咧嘴笑的样子。 艾森豪威尔抓起电话对着它大喊。 “别以为这意味着什么。 我们不再合作了！西伯利亚和回程是不公平的交易，你知道的。 你利用了我们！”“好吧，霍尔特先生，随你怎么说。 游戏。”“游戏!”艾米同意了。