uietlyonthewn,herememberedhehadoncehiddenihemandfromtherehehadwitnessedaingandsexyseenactedbeforehisveryeyes.Salinawasgettingimpatient.PushihecardoorshealsogotoutandwasabouttoaskEmmanuelwhathewaslookingatwhenalow,masevoicebehindthemgrowledmenagly,

    “Whatareyoutwodoinghere?PeepingTintootherpeople’sprivatelife?”EmmanuendSalinaweresurprisedattheuedinterruption.Turningtheirheads,theysawthetall,muscurAfriAmerimantheyknewasJamaz.Allthreeofthemstoodfrozeninpshock.

    “Aren’tyoutheonecalledSalina?”askedJamaz.“Whatareyoudoinghere?”AlthoughEmmanuellookedquitedifferentfromwhatheusedto,Jamazlookedcloselyathimforalongtimeandthensaid,“IfsheisSalina,youmustbe…Mr.Finger...?Wehavebeenlookingforyouforaverylongtime…KingDimitriwantstoseeyoutwo.”Emmanuelwasveryangrythathistrueidentityhadbeendiscovered.Tocoveruphisshameandanger,hejumpeddownfromthecar,lookedmeaningfullyatSalinaawoofthemopeheircardoorsandgotintotheirjetbcksportscar.Beforetakingoff,Emmahrewthefollowingwordsatthemthroughhischedteeth,“Scram!Don’tinterferewithwhatisnoneofyourbusihesportscarsprangtolifegrowlingandshotoutlikeaonball.

    Strongshockwavesrisingupfromtheteroftheearthrockedtheground,onewavemoreintenseandpowerfultha.Somemovedupanddown,somerockedfromsidetoside.Charinaclutchedtightlyontothearmsofthethroneshewassittingontokeepherequilibrium,otherwiseshewouldhavebeenthrowndowntotheground.Shockwavesedthecalm,tranquilkeintoamassofturbulentwavesmakingschoolsoffishesjumpfranticallyoutofthewater,manyndingonthebeachestremblingandgaspingforbreathbeforestretgoutunmovingih.Wingsfluttering,birdsintheforestsflewuptotheskies,twittering,chirping,andscreeginfright.Thewildanimalstoolefttheircavesandranaroundfranticallytryingtofindawayoutandescapewhatwastoe.Thetwotigersgrowledandtotteredaboutonshakyfeetasifdrunk.Charinapattedandstrokedtheirbroad,massivebacksmurmuring,“It’sok.Don’tbesonervous,KingDimitriwillbebackverysoon.”Makihelullbetweenshakes,shetookupthebinocursandlookedoncemoretowardsthaterofthemountainwhereshehadstseenDimitri,butsawnosignofhim.Turmoilbegantobuildupintheseformertranquindserenemountainandwatersandwasgraduallyincreasing,foretellingofthecamityabouttohappen.AlthoughCharinawasstrokiigers,tryingtocalmtheirfears,sheherselfwasactuallyveryanxiousandagitated.

    “WhereisDimitriatthismostcriticaltime?”thoughtCharina.“Wherehashedisappearedto?Couldhehaveabandohisstrangend?No,no.Hewouldn’tdothat.Hemustbehidingsomewhereierofthesemountainsandpreparingtodosomethiah-shaking.”

    Thebcksportscardashedoutofthedeepshadeofthetreesandbushes.Makingfulluseofitssuperbfunsandunmatchedspeedandagility,itmanagedundercoverofthedarkoshakeoffthepursuingpolice.However,eventhoughitturnedoffallitslights,itcouldnotescapethesharpsurveilhehelicoptersintheskyabove.Themomentthecarappeared,thepolicewereimmediatelynotifiedandwithsirenswailing,allspedtotheappointedpingaformidabledragaheirsiege.

    Jamazstoodtherestockstill,perplexedatwhathadhappenedandcouldn’tmakeheadortailoutofhowSalina,whomheknewwasthealteregoofVio,c

uietlyonthewn,herememberedhehadoncehiddenihemandfromtherehehadwitnessedaingandsexyseenactedbeforehisveryeyes.Salinawasgettingimpatient.PushihecardoorshealsogotoutandwasabouttoaskEmmanuelwhathewaslookingatwhenalow,masevoicebehindthemgrowledmenagly,

    “Whatareyoutwodoinghere?PeepingTintootherpeople’sprivatelife?”EmmanuendSalinaweresurprisedattheuedinterruption.Turningtheirheads,theysawthetall,muscurAfriAmerimantheyknewasJamaz.Allthreeofthemstoodfrozeninpshock.

    “Aren’tyoutheonecalledSalina?”askedJamaz.“Whatareyoudoinghere?”AlthoughEmmanuellookedquitedifferentfromwhatheusedto,Jamazlookedcloselyathimforalongtimeandthensaid,“IfsheisSalina,youmustbe…Mr.Finger...?Wehavebeenlookingforyouforaverylongtime…KingDimitriwantstoseeyoutwo.”Emmanuelwasveryangrythathistrueidentityhadbeendiscovered.Tocoveruphisshameandanger,hejumpeddownfromthecar,lookedmeaningfullyatSalinaawoofthemopeheircardoorsandgotintotheirjetbcksportscar.Beforetakingoff,Emmahrewthefollowingwordsatthemthroughhischedteeth,“Scram!Don’tinterferewithwhatisnoneofyourbusihesportscarsprangtolifegrowlingandshotoutlikeaonball.

    Strongshockwavesrisingupfromtheteroftheearthrockedtheground,onewavemoreintenseandpowerfultha.Somemovedupanddown,somerockedfromsidetoside.Charinaclutchedtightlyontothearmsofthethroneshewassittingontokeepherequilibrium,otherwiseshewouldhavebeenthrowndowntotheground.Shockwavesedthecalm,tranquilkeintoamassofturbulentwavesmakingschoolsoffishesjumpfranticallyoutofthewater,manyndingonthebeachestremblingandgaspingforbreathbeforestretgoutunmovingih.Wingsfluttering,birdsintheforestsflewuptotheskies,twittering,chirping,andscreeginfright.Thewildanimalstoolefttheircavesandranaroundfranticallytryingtofindawayoutandescapewhatwastoe.Thetwotigersgrowledandtotteredaboutonshakyfeetasifdrunk.Charinapattedandstrokedtheirbroad,massivebacksmurmuring,“It’sok.Don’tbesonervous,KingDimitriwillbebackverysoon.”Makihelullbetweenshakes,shetookupthebinocursandlookedoncemoretowardsthaterofthemountainwhereshehadstseenDimitri,butsawnosignofhim.Turmoilbegantobuildupintheseformertranquindserenemountainandwatersandwasgraduallyincreasing,foretellingofthecamityabouttohappen.AlthoughCharinawasstrokiigers,tryingtocalmtheirfears,sheherselfwasactuallyveryanxiousandagitated.

    “WhereisDimitriatthismostcriticaltime?”thoughtCharina.“Wherehashedisappearedto?Couldhehaveabandohisstrangend?No,no.Hewouldn’tdothat.Hemustbehidingsomewhereierofthesemountainsandpreparingtodosomethiah-shaking.”

    Thebcksportscardashedoutofthedeepshadeofthetreesandbushes.Makingfulluseofitssuperbfunsandunmatchedspeedandagility,itmanagedundercoverofthedarkoshakeoffthepursuingpolice.However,eventhoughitturnedoffallitslights,itcouldnotescapethesharpsurveilhehelicoptersintheskyabove.Themomentthecarappeared,thepolicewereimmediatelynotifiedandwithsirenswailing,allspedtotheappointedpingaformidabledragaheirsiege.

    Jamazstoodtherestockstill,perplexedatwhathadhappenedandcouldn’tmakeheadortailoutofhowSalina,whomheknewwasthealteregoofVio,c