Chapter 21

In the land of Abumu Ralf who had begun to sense this plan amongst the bandits to overthrow him and his Mistress had begun to make plans on how to address them so they wouldn't go about whispering behind his back further and because of this he called for a meeting of his second in command; the one who asked of him when the ones with Ralf in the bar where Ralf met Aromo for the first time returned to their base without Ralf. The second in command looked wicked and he rarely smiled. He was known to be prone to punishing the bandits that failed to live up to what was expected of them. He was ruthless, more ruthless than Ralf and his name was Lomi. He was not a man of many words and it was said that if a man is know for few words that man will be known for many deeds. That night while Ralf sat in one of the rooms of the palace of Abumu he was sure that nothing was going to make him give up the position that Aromo had given him without a fight. First he decided to have a meeting with Lomi