Adrian Desmond had escaped death multiple times and did not consider the present degree of danger significant. He had been in even more dangerous situations and had always managed to survive.
If he had let fear or hesitation hold him back, Adrian Desmond would not have been alive today.
Standing in front of the little cabin in the valley, Adrian Desmond was filled with emotion. It was where she had first run away and fallen into Charlie Parker's hands. Desperate, she had turned to him for help, and he had brought people to "capture" her back. They were pursued by the Uncle's men, and the two of them had fallen to the bottom of the valley, ending up right here.
"I didn't expect to have a chance to come back here..." Adrian Desmond whispered, his voice laden with an unintended sorrow and nostalgia.
