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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCG5BWQrqO
I might not allow you to even finish it.”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ3RGTWjur
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKPDQE3NXq
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFV20deOmO
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuynwAcKhx
just this scene happening in front of him.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMxiAxrvFP
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3WdhxancV
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryq1R7U9Mo
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHErinZGP5
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bt3FJXgMA
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuzRAgCxEX
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacJ0YtTL3T
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4V6akrKs8
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPasfrTljqj
tensions were rising...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEWaxIAhMP
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtosDgr4rC4
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGGBDbvupY
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrNxEFcCKd
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76b7km61BK
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCJeAfV9EC
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnP6pGK7QI0
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp0nO7R6oU
him.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhCxM9AugP
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8oKTzKaXv
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkTCTkWvWT
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz165Vfg7d
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cT5WSGIFr
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEF4MZiJ8Z
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZgmDBP1J8
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmjZOFyfQO
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8ovjl4186
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wKtEBDNjK
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1XgjlfNtS
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyfRRfOXcr
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnEdcNrGDl
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGyFyyoTml
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ4rFSCatD
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW2UjeViQi
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtncwdtJWa
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rsSIfRHz6
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMBMCobsVm
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnf5jhyp8U
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCuQPdKznG
you…”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3JUEiQiKf
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNKgWDuEMc
this was the moment they would all be referring to.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyFIMrl1TA
“You jest?!” Celle asked.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1LoJBP1TK
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1TrEUBgz9
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbQF5aFj4Q
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElbxf9cj7G
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u9SN68QWT
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eEBIC8Xkg
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm6gbmzmyx
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGk0dx3vx5
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgjFCkxmeO
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fJq3z152M
“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 the352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNThzQ1MEFr
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4Weqnab6c
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy58uh4u13R
of the rest, they whispered to one another.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJJ19Izr2J
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci8IDM6Ivw
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0EWJfak89
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIJZJ3xJqD
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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