They want to come in while you’re asleep and beat you so badly that no one will have time to intervene.”

The young prisoner turned pale.

— “Are you sure?”

— “Absolutely,” the old man nodded. “I know these men. If they said it, they’ll do it.”

The boy gritted his teeth.

— “Thank you for telling me.”

That night, the young prisoner did not close his eyes. Every sound in the corridor echoed in his head. When the iron lock creaked and the cell door slowly opened, he was already ready.

And it was only thanks to the old man’s warning that he was able to react quickly, raise the alarm, push back the first attacker, and thus foil their plan.