Summary

Feliks and Stasha are in Wieliczka, near Krakow. They take shelter overnight in a synagogue. Stasha lies awake, staring at the stars. In the morning, they discover their horse is missing. They follow a trail of blood into a salt mine, where a group of Nazi soldiers are eating the horse. Stasha angrily confronts them. When the Nazis take their coats and weapons away, Stasha tries to negotiate, if they are released without harm, she will tell them where to find Josef Mengele, they can take him prisoner and trade him to the Allies to get leniency for themselves. When the Nazis point a gun at them, Stasha steps in front of Feliks. There is a scuffle and Feliks is shot in the shoulder. They escape and see parachutists dropping from the sky.

Meanwhile, as Chapter 20 begins, Pearl sees the...