Chapter 26: An Accomplice Savage

POV RICHARD

The horse does the feat of less than two hours to Skyfall. Which no doubt gave us the advantage of being the first to arrive, and the displeasure of having to wait for them, me sitting in a precarious chair, inside a hut that looks more like a little tree house made for children to play in during the summer.

Both my guard and I are in Akira Selena's house. We were welcomed by her mother on our unexpected visit and the impression I got was that she was waiting for us, or maybe I'm just paranoid and sweating cold because they are huge wolves and in the slightest carelessness would devour us.

A dread that is assuaged by the serenity that the lady prepares a tea, which I would rather die of thirst than taste it, while Selena's silly father, remains silent from when we set foot here.

"Will she be long yet?"

I break the silence as I notice, through the curtain made of animal skin, that it is beginning to darken.

"The answer, you have her, Richard. She left here to go to your