. fuunnn..."Not if I can help it! "NOOO! HEL--"Still behind me, Joe slapped his hand tightly over my mouth mid scream. Chris let go of my hair and ste...ped back. The glint of Joe's knife in his other hand caught my eye and I immediately stopped trying to yell. Joe slowly moved his hand from my mouth to around my neck. "Are you going to play nice or do you like it rough?"Now, it's one thing to make me do what you want by threatening the lives of my friends. But they're still back at the the. I'll go out in the morning. I'll keep Sin and one of the pack mules and I'll catch up with you on the trail." Do you have a mule that ain't skittish of fresh killed meat?" Yep. We call him Jughead. I've used him plenty of times." Okay, if you'll do this for us, we'll make it worth your while when we get to Oregon." You don't have to do that, Caleb. I've gotta eat too." Yeah, but a good hunter is worth his wages. There's sixteen of us now and we'll go through a deer pretty quick. You'll have to. It felt like a spike was slowly being pounded between my eyes, and I stopped trying to move the switch. The pain lessened markedly, but the echo of it could still be felt, as I realized that I'd fallen to the floor."Are you alright in there, man?" Dennis said a few moments later, knocking on my door. "I heard you yell."I got up on my knees, and held my head in my hands as I answered back, "Yeah, just a bad dream. Sorry I woke you."As Dennis walked away, I wondered what had happened? I could. Many of those weren't killed immediately but were wounded. When it was over, fifteen Lu's had surrendered, three men and twelve women.There were five left who were wounded of those who had chosen to fight. One of those was dying from a gut shot with a rifle. She would be allowed to die with no weapons close. Of the other four, one was a man and the other three women. I looked at Mason and Cyril. "Tell your men we need four rods. Strip those four." As soon as the four were naked, I said,.
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