Nothing unusual as sometimes he would still be in the showers after working out when I arrived. I heard noises coming from the gymnastics room where t...ere were a lot of mirrors and mats and shit for a few of the guys who were professional gymnasts. From the grunting sounds coming from the area it sounded like someone was putting it to good use.The door was ajar and I peeked in because I know some guys don't like to be interrupted in training.I was totally gobsmacked. There in front of me were. The group decided to do "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" first. I told everyone that we would learn the chords and the words at the same time so we could play and sing together. I said to Serene, "It may not sound professional, but it will sound great to us.We were interrupted by lunch but returned to the lounge right after. Bonita wanted to try to play the piece on the piano and soon found she needed a lot of practice to learn to play with both hands. She was at least able to. "Sshhh, can you hear that noise? Someone is out there. Let me go and check."Hywel whispered urgently to her as he put on his coat. Amelia's mood changed immediately to one of worry."Be careful love." Of course I will. I'll be back shortly," and with that Hywel left the shelter.Amelia waited. 'I hope he is going to be alright. I'm sure he will be though, he knows this valley so well.' Some more time passed and Amelia became more worried. 'He said he'd be back shortly. Perhaps I should go and. Shadows with eyes ... and teeth! Ranulf's sword sliced only air, as did Hissath's lighter weapon. They felt the pang of tearing flesh as phantom teeth ripped and tore, hurling them from their saddles. Then somehow their swords were striking home. The shadows fell back, then closed again. They stood in some dark place, their feet in squelching ooze, their mounts nowhere to be seen.Again the icy slash of phantom teeth, but their swords were wreaking havoc now. They fought off their shadowy.