AS THEY TRAVELED OVER rough terrain, Elise occasionally getting tangled in winding vines that snaked their way over the jungle floor, silence spread between them. She tried not to think about the grisly things they may find. If this Kako person wanted to claim the title as the village’s healer that badly, who knows what he’d do? “Why didn’t you get rid of that psycho before if you knew how crazy he was?” The question was more of an accusation directed at Noel’s back. “Couldn’t you have just gone into his sleeping mind and scare him away or maybe give him a lobotomy or something?” Noel glanced back at her before focusing ahead once more. “For the very reason you just mentioned. He is mentally unstable. To venture into his mind would be writing my own insanity. When he came back to our vil

