Akino paused and dragged a lanky arm across his face as the shadow interrupted his raking. He turned his head skyward and saw the reason for the sudden darkness; an enormous cloud hovered over the de Leonce property. He cracked a smile and inhaled deeply, reveling in the clean scent of the freshly cut grass and the respite from the sting of the late afternoon sun. With an hour’s clean up still ahead of him, Akino couldn’t wait to be done for the day.