Hard knocks beat on the front door of Ryia's house. The kids peered up from their dinner plate, Drago's mouth full of food. Ryia motioned for them to keep eating as she approached the door. A heavy clunking noise on the outside as she opened it carefully. She saw Cassius' dead body lying on the ground, and no one else in sight.
"Oh my god! Cassius! Cassius! What happened to you? Wake up, darling!"
She started to tremble and knelt down to touch his face softly. She reached in his pocket and pulled out gold bars, and an empty sealed case. She shrieked loudly, and streaming tears weren't too far behind as Viola left the dinner table to figure out what was going on. Drago stayed behind on instinct, fearing the worse. And then it happened...he heard the faint noise of small twigs snapping, c
