Teuns feels frozen in shock for a couple of seconds and cannot even move his limbs. The new danger had numbed his brain also. The footsteps come closer and are now right outside the big double door. Teuns realizes that the incoming guards will immediately spot the dead Dulacs in front of the podium upon entering. It is impossible not to see them, and that is a significant danger because if the new guards should see their dead mates, they will immediately run and raise the alarm. That must be avoided at all costs.
But even if the guards do not react at once, they will still make an alarm when they see what happened here, and then all hell will break loose. The place will be up in arms and crawling with palace guards within minutes. Then Teuns, Saoed, and his Arabs will be caught like rats
