Chapter 11

RYDER'S POINT OF VIEW

Two days later...

Lying in that hospital bed was a soul that had been woven into my own for as long as I could recall. Mirabel hadn't opened her eyes for the past two days. I was starting to fear something was wrong. The doctor had explained it was normal and that she would soon wake up.

Annalise and I finally had some time to discuss, since I met her at a wrong time. She explained she had returned to Ordene because she felt restless. She said a part of her wasn't comfortable that she was away. Her father seemed to be becoming depressed with each passing day. She had come to help me find her sister's murderer. Another reason was because she had acquired a company in Ordene and was here to see how they were doing.

"So how far have you come?" Anna asked me. We were in Mirabel's hospital room, monitoring her. There were men outside, too.

"There's nothing much yet." I told her, "But I had refused a message. The attacker said there was more to come and one of it is the