As dawn started streaking light across the valley between Mikhail and Basille’s castle he felt a deep satisfaction at seeing the red flames still burning brightly. A thick plume of smoke could now be seen coming from the fire as Gareth walked up behind Mikhail and looked across the valley.
“What the hell did you do?” Gareth asked.
“Gave them a wakeup call…hopefully it will put a halt to Basille being able to spend any time with Natalie this morning.”
“Jesus, Mikhail…that was rash and stupid.”
Mikhail shrugged. “I know…but I was feeling frustrated.”
Gareth stared at him. “I thought you had more brains than to let frustration get to you like that.”
“Guess not.” Mikhail gave a small smile.
“Holy s**t! What happened?” Carlos exclaimed as he and Vlad came up to see what was going on.
