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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLsNaSqgSB
I might not allow you to even finish it.”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qJfAc5Nyd
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMvExFuwv3
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vFZRIlRH5
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c4X1U93mP
just this scene happening in front of him.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu5LCyuQdQ
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMDiaTsuzX
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPwcAJ4wR0
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyqyBE7jUt
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpx9nvXqpY
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNRs7FtKzw
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPehovX432f
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfruazRWSyx
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4vwt0uToA
tensions were rising...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblL4KHyeCB
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEwQEZNtjY
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirEBJlN553
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGlFzUaSte
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnV6Ufglxl
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIesDAHdqX
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcMrN2kWPC
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI3QBw4jw5
him.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43fMkro5q0
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKmAeD48Lm
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k8e5Jf5Vk
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJBmGrjQ21
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupsxgevhae
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6ESa2l798
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1CKb656b7
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNCg1oJeur
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTo3FWi0aSN
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLd9zV2es9
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboy7ixrRBf
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcwtkSoVtD
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQfmsfkO36
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RKkcoW1t2
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJhXwhujEb
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVgk9Sxym8
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp4jngYBm3
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTSVFhPSM4
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIT5WrCVGLU
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIHkOkHagp
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXBErfm1bK
you…”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc6UgCTc2c
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZcHL0iAfu
this was the moment they would all be referring to.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMElP9yoyhI
“You jest?!” Celle asked.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdILegPbL4o
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEEX7DBLsE
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrGoaUuh49
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTYoAPKtn8
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLLUjCheFC
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6y8xXSbsz
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyJoBv3F7T
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpAWZfkLNH
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L2FBZuRmU
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kx4lH2vuZ
“If that is what it takes.” Red replied, “I cannot afford to miss this chance.”
Dhanel Marce listened as he had never listened before, for this decision and the363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7Lr0oKPiK
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32dIxuJqv9
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFpmLAh19j
of the rest, they whispered to one another.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImi7UVr0mR
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCJBA14sIF
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfR8uqkN8I
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEho4gO1NUs
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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