Once the guards left, Ken took out a leather bag and handed it to Kylie. Kylie frowned at it and told him that she didn't want anything from him. Ken set it on the table, pushed it in her direction, and insisted that she take it. He shouted at her, but still, she refused the bag.

Ken grimaced and said, "I don't want to hold it, but I suspected something might happen soon. In order to prepare for it, my men and I dug a ditch about two kilometers from here, out in the forest where nobody goes. If ...