Chapter 66

"Are you sure about this?" Shelbrooke watched the end of his cigarette crush from the fire that burnt it to ashes. The orange glow indicated he needed to trash the stick and get another one. His eight stick in a row this evening. "I am quite sure. Reyns told me about Luana and how she had managed to capture one of us. She has him in the prison, probably torturing him and asking him to confess." "This woman is testing my patience!" He gripped the cigarette in his hand, crushing the ashy object. His eyes were reddening already. Shelbrooke used his little finger to scrape the speck of tobacco from the corner of his mouth. "It's been years, Gorge. Even if someone as powerful as Luana crossed your path, you should never retreat. I'm just waiting for the right time." "You always wait for the right time. Just kill her and get it over with." He worked his mind for a few seconds. It worked like a stamping machine, uncoiled and poorly maintained which was now malfunctioning and had gather