Chapter 22
"What are you doing here? I told you to watch over Miss Hilda, didn’t I?"
A stunning woman marched toward two men sitting on the ground a fair distance away from the house where Hilda Alegre was staying.
"I think I scared Miss Hilda earlier… and I nearly got stabbed in the forehead with a knife," one of the men said, holding up the blade as proof. The woman frowned at the sight and muttered, "She’s not even trained."
"I know. But that guy who’s watching her? He almost killed me," the man muttered. The blade hadn’t been there a second before—it had just appeared. If his friend hadn’t yanked him out of the way, he would’ve been dead.
The man leaned back against a tree, arms behind his head, and let out a sigh.
"I don’t think we’re needed here. That guy could kill me with jus
