CHAPTER SEVENThe King listened attentively to everything that the monk told him.
He knew better than Pythia what would have happened to him if he had been kidnapped from The Palace by the Russians.
He would have been taken to the ship that was waiting in the Harbour of Catarro and then, as far as Vultarnia was concerned, he would have disappeared for ever.
As the Countess Natasha was involved he might be kept alive for a little while, but he would have been a close prisoner with no possibility of making any communication with the outside world.
After that he would be the victim of a convenient accident.
The whole operation had been carefully planned so that it would take place before he could give his bride a child.
This meant there would be no direct heir to the throne of Vultarnia
