Chapter 13

𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬

5 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶

𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪 𝘫𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢-𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢. 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢-𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘬 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘶.

𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭.

"𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘨𝘨𝘨𝘩𝘩𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵!"

𝘚𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘩 𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘢. 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘴𝘺𝘢𝘵.

"𝘛𝘰--𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨...!"

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘢-𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳-𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢.

"𝘈𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪?" 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯.

"𝘈𝘥𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘢𝘯, 𝘛𝘶𝘢𝘯. 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢," 𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘬𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯.

"𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘢, 𝘓𝘐𝘝𝘐𝘈!"

𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘶𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘢.

"𝘙𝘰--𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘶--𝘬𝘶𝘳--𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘪-𝘯𝘪 𝘒𝘢--𝘮𝘶..."

𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘩-𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘩 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘛𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘱 𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯.

"𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵."

𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶𝘬, 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘺𝘢.

𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪, 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘫𝘢𝘶𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘢𝘯.

"𝘋𝘰𝘬𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘢, 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘢!"

𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵, 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘬𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘋𝘰𝘬𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.

"𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯."

𝘚𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘬𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘬 𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘎𝘋, 𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢-𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘳…