The car noticeably began to slow down its rapid run, driving up to the high gate. Having entered, the car slowly drove along a long alley, around which there were only cypresses. Alice noticed the high walls of brown stone, and then they ended up in a fenced yard.

The men sitting on either side of the girl in the back seat got up and got out of the car. The one whose name was Vladislav opened the doors in front of her and looked intently at the girl who looked at him in fear.

- Come on, honey, we're there.

"I don't want to," Alice hissed, huddling away from...