05-28-2009, 08:30 AM
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The child, whom Gabriel even now considered something along the lines of a niece, as he did with Ryan, continued to play in the tall grass. For one brief moment, a lingering doubt rushed through his blood. He saw the girl as the child Haku had slaughtered, and had no doubt that were the opportunity ever to arise that he, or another, would come again. He did not doubt that DaVinci and Ryan cared for each other, but he did not put it past that man to strike in order to avenge his mother. “No, that’s all. If you need anything let me know.” With a nod, the Aquila rose, turned, and headed off.
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The child, whom Gabriel even now considered something along the lines of a niece, as he did with Ryan, continued to play in the tall grass. For one brief moment, a lingering doubt rushed through his blood. He saw the girl as the child Haku had slaughtered, and had no doubt that were the opportunity ever to arise that he, or another, would come again. He did not doubt that DaVinci and Ryan cared for each other, but he did not put it past that man to strike in order to avenge his mother. “No, that’s all. If you need anything let me know.” With a nod, the Aquila rose, turned, and headed off.