A Trip V

Raul’s mouth was open as he exchanged glances with a gawking Olivera. Gory’s disappearance had shocked them both.

Raul looked at the spot again, before returning slowly to his seat. “Did you see that?”

Olivera nodded absentmindedly. She had seen the strange motions of Gory’s hand, but had thought that there were movements borne out of nervousness, not until she had felt the darts that had been directed toward her, that had been stopped by the shield that she had created around Raul and her. What if she hadn’t been proactive?

She didn’t think that Raul noticed, since they were surprised for different reasons. Whereas Raul was surprised that his old man had suddenly disappeared, she was surprised that the man’s magic was strong enough to officiate a disappearing technique. If that was so, it meant that the male was practicing magic. It meant that he had lied to Raul again. He wasn’t sick. She was sure that Raul had made that discovery too, if the fisting of his hands were any indicati