9 We left the King together. Sometimes when we were all on the road, armed, it seemed to be in a movie instead of in real life. It seemed as a part of me come loose from the body and observed the other become a cocky bastard who brooked no argument at his command. My gaze hardened, the smile disappeared, as well as any trace of the man who until a few hours before was in bed cuddling with another man. I looked at the others and also their transformation.... Let the curtain rises, the Red Shadows are entering the scene. Cameron was at my side as always. Axel tense and nervous, as I saw him rarely, turned from side to side. His best friend, his shoulder and maybe something more than he was not just ready to admit, was not beside him. The absence of Colin burning like an open wound and do