Not really.89Please respect copyright.PENANAhiFM10ANUo
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”89Please respect copyright.PENANA1VTNbzLYIN
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was89Please respect copyright.PENANALkX9ALFFlY
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...89Please respect copyright.PENANAuvRZ7PlD0N
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”89Please respect copyright.PENANAqtaUqGLHqv
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of89Please respect copyright.PENANAo8USOZW3Qc
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear89Please respect copyright.PENANAQXif0uPMV1
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...89Please respect copyright.PENANABJvEph2CXX
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are89Please respect copyright.PENANA3tkUXTpi0I
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming89Please respect copyright.PENANAzL4ujdPHF4
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?89Please respect copyright.PENANApffEBkyHRV
Acting on secrecy?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAXFW11gAH6J
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without89Please respect copyright.PENANAYjEluyPFhi
addressing this.”89Please respect copyright.PENANA2VLIHPkdKm
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...89Please respect copyright.PENANAiRTpSUtc6H
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking89Please respect copyright.PENANA4EojGwb7AS
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and89Please respect copyright.PENANAtqV9q3IeI2
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here89Please respect copyright.PENANAQomHE4Reny
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this89Please respect copyright.PENANA8AyUwiN2Hz
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand89Please respect copyright.PENANAmTDi56CyqB
the reason somewhat.”89Please respect copyright.PENANA5JQRHIyEXQ
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes89Please respect copyright.PENANAlqqUqpeeuD
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty89Please respect copyright.PENANAJUghWSYJIy
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that89Please respect copyright.PENANAvShNEmNmby
surprised...”89Please respect copyright.PENANAroaKa98lqQ
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back89Please respect copyright.PENANAyL2k1GMs0a
of his head.89Please respect copyright.PENANAvwZllszWpw
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the89Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z7O2OItWd
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to89Please respect copyright.PENANAzzh02JaKrS
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated89Please respect copyright.PENANAlmkuAJAadn
as such.”89Please respect copyright.PENANACF2LrpQ3e6
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.89Please respect copyright.PENANAmXbPmXpvgl
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop89Please respect copyright.PENANAdFffgmC2uD
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest89Please respect copyright.PENANAoUH932es7P
Celle?”89Please respect copyright.PENANA8IfZi5CDg6
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance89Please respect copyright.PENANAsrTb57eORP
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those89Please respect copyright.PENANA8tnYfWTw0Q
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition89Please respect copyright.PENANANkneUM5vpC
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment89Please respect copyright.PENANAwGpF9EplnY
of few to keep the many safe.”89Please respect copyright.PENANAcjWXZ7rwBh
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks89Please respect copyright.PENANAS5KMyWrSaO
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,89Please respect copyright.PENANA1kyiAkYeVT
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns89Please respect copyright.PENANAWTIyncPsU0
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.89Please respect copyright.PENANAnSqInmP2P9
“Now this should be something.”89Please respect copyright.PENANAf4uuBKzj6J
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”89Please respect copyright.PENANApjpJz7AKqw
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to89Please respect copyright.PENANANL7aoklSxn
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already89Please respect copyright.PENANAT6eM5AoF7K
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to89Please respect copyright.PENANAeq8ZgnsjpW
his majesty more often.”89Please respect copyright.PENANAfce5lzXCe6
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,89Please respect copyright.PENANA7OvRGkyyMe
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly89Please respect copyright.PENANAFLHYbfF3bF
farther away than the rest.89Please respect copyright.PENANA1PndfeJV8f
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes89Please respect copyright.PENANAfjoJETNQIE
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.89Please respect copyright.PENANA9pzkCq4Tqb
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”89Please respect copyright.PENANApDI9wT2UL0
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAW1DqiokwDJ