CHAPTER 321 INTERTWINED

The next morning was rather pleasant for Marcus. Although the remnants of his strange dream still lingered in his mind, and his arm still ached from the events of two nights ago, there was a calming presence in his life at that moment. After a brief conversation with Bourne that morning, he wasn’t expecting to see his sister walking into the tent. Apparently, Bourne had sent a message to his family concerning the recent attack on his life; Bourne stated that he put it in the message that Marcus was well and recovering. But Maela was the typical, seeing-is-believing kind of person, and she threatened Bourne until he let her see her older brother. He hadn't seen his family in a while, and after everything that had happened, he needed some semblance of normalcy and familiarity. Seeing his sister, Maela, right in front of him cleared his head in an instant, giving him a sense of purpose outside the chaos he had been dragged into. The sun had just begun to warm the earth, but it was