The commander of the fort appeared to be an honourable fellow and I gave him gold to continue the work on my land. This would employ the people of the...city in general and not my own people. The invaders would then be termed pirates themselves if any were able to return. It would be very unlikely though.I could not necessarily call on the military because I had no patron to promote my cause. I could not call on the police because there were none. A city or town would hire men to watch for crime. He knew all about the drug and what its effect would be on the young girl. It was commonly known now as a date-rape drug and he smiled with pleasure at the thought of what he was going to do with the little slut once he had her drugged-up.He emptied some chips into a bowl and carried them and the cokes through to the family room. The girls thanked him and remained glued to the screen as they drank and ate the chips.Doug resumed his seat on the sofa behind them, smiling to himself as he watched. “Hi Jimmy, where’ve you been? I missed you.” She was obviously in a good mood, sounding about as cheery as I was.“I’ve actually been really busy this past week. I can’t wait tell you all about it. Actually, I had a real breakthrough. What are you doing this weekend?”“Actually, I was planning on sleeping in all weekend. I was hoping to do it with you. What do you say? Sound good?”I wasn’t planning on any of us getting much sleep but she wasn’t too far off the mark. “That sounds great. What time. I'll be watching you ... burn in Hell!" I gave him two rounds in the head with my Colt... 45 ACP was more than good enough for him ... and a waste of good ammo. At least it stopped the little fuck from breathing perfectly good air that the rest of us could use later.If I'd had to have guessed, I would have assumed that the Baron would step forward next to avenge his son, but instead it was his hysterical and otherwise useless mother. She ranted something inanely at me about that I had 'no right.