In a sudden impulse of tenderness, she joined him and approached his back, hugging him and kissing him on the left side of his neck. Then she whispered in his ear:
“Remember that you are not alone in the battle against the mysteries surrounding the Fellowship.”
The close contact with her body calmed him down and he raised his left hand to caress her short blonde hair.
“Thanks, it’s only because of you if I haven’t gone mad with hatred all these years.”
“Are you going to tell the truth to your sister sooner or later?”
“When I see her again, I’m afraid I will have to explain other things to her and it is not going to be pleasant at all.” He thought back to Althea’s astonished and desperate face just a moment before he shot her chest. He immediately dismissed that unpleasant image and co
