The cannons were soon stripped of their canvas covering and revealed to a crowd of excited Greeks clustered on the quayside. I told them, in a mixture...of English, French, and Italian, we had brought the artillery to fight for the freeing of all Greeks from the yoke of the Turks.As can be imagined my oration was met with a wild tumult of applause, cheering, and great jubilation. Callum and I were carried shoulder high, to what appeared to be the tent of a high personage. I hoped it would be. I was convinced now that he meant it. He was one sadistic bastard. There was no way I would cross him and live. "Then let's go." The robbery was a replay of the one in Ark City, except this time, the guard had the good sense to drop to the floor with everyone else. In less than ten minutes, we were on our way, speeding out of town. Once safely away from Bartlesville, Jimmy Ray took over the driving chores while Enos napped in the back seat. I could see no pattern to where he was going.. We bear her little love. You will find friends among us, dear."She put her arm around me. I pushed down my skirt and rested my hands on my knees. I wanted to trust her. I wanted to more than trust her, but I knew so little about witches other than strange, morbid tales. All the magicians I knew were men who wove twisted spells filled with malice. And of course the queen.Were witches something different?I think she sensed my hesitation. She took my hand. She waited, holding and caressing it,. Caught him in bed fucking the new girl, big boss was so mad he had a deputy come up and take the idiot away, wasn’t as if the girl wasn’t legal, but the big boss was talking fraud and theft. Most of the others went too, slunk away back to the city no doubt. Wasn’t two weeks before we got a new boss, younger, but he had the look. An hour and he weeded the rest out, sent all but two packing, kept the only two I had any time for.Next thing I’m in his cabin, he got that look in his eyes, pulled.