Of course, I had seen the expressions of the four men change, too. Flicking my gaze to Nicholas, I felt a vindictive smile creep over my face as I watched his face crumple into confusion. Now you understand what I'm talking about, don't you? I thought, sneering as his eyebrows furrowed so deeply that I thought they would meet. You're probably wondering why the four pirates are rooted to the ground instead of carting the gold away. You just had to see for yourself instead of listening to me, didn't you?
"What the hell are you doing?" Nicholas snapped, having lost his patience. The four men were standing stock still in the middle of the cave, their hands outstretched as if to pile the mountains of gold coins into sacks. One of them even had a foot raised in the air, as though he had been hi
