Montezuma's Daughter Chapter 28 - Thomas Is Doomed

In which the prisoner faces the grim knowledge of impending torture at the hands of de Garcia, a foe marked by both charm and cruelty, while Cortes wrestles with the bitter necessity of extracting the secret of hidden Aztec gold. Amidst the soldiers’ raucous revelry and disquieting intrigues, the hopelessness of the captive is tempered only by the silent devotion of his beloved Otomie and the faint glimmers of mercy from unexpected quarters.