Chapter 9 - Hibiki

****The Present****

I could see the varied expressions on their faces. Darius remained stoic, unfazed by it all. Elijah had his eyebrows raised as high as they could as he looked at my wife with a new sense of either respect or fear or maybe both. Probably both. Forrest… that boy was smiling like a fool. He’s heard some of her tales from assassinations back in Japan, so he didn’t seem surprised at all. 

Riko, though, our sweet granddaughter, was pale. It is one thing to be aware of illegal and violent activities. Your mind can handle that. But it is quite another to hear the details and know you are not only sitting in a room with a killer but are of their blood. She’s said nothing we tell her would change her feelings about us. But that’s a hard promise to keep.

“Riko?” Yūri frowned, reaching to try and hold our grandda