“My people have waited over three hundred years for the gods to send you to claim the sword and the ring,” she said as she sank to her knees in fr...nt of me, bowing her head.“But ... but how do you know they’re mine?” I asked, confused.“It’s simple, really,” she thought to me, somewhat sheepishly. “You did not die when A’komi slipped the ring on your finger.”I unconsciously shuddered as I recalled her telling me how I could have died when A’komi slipped the ring on my finger and decided to take. He really interests me." Forget it for now Willie, we have to plan our survival. That's the mot important thing now."Willie laughed and said, "OK, but I have a real hard-on for that boy. I will save myself for him later."Cutter winced as he remembered the stories of how Willie treated his sexual conquest. Turning to all of the men in the room he said, "Here is how we will handle this, if anyone doesn't like it let me know now or keep his peace."Neither of the men spoke up. They knew how Cutter. “I should also check the families of all the government officials and other prisoners. A lot of the younger second wives and older daughters would make good concubines for some of the troops,” I suggested.“You already bagged your limit?” he asked teasingly.“I’m surprised that nobody’s after me for exceeding some sort of arbitrary limit,” I teased back.“The limit is whatever you can afford. Just with what you’ve managed to collect in the last month, you’re far from that limit,” he riposted.I. .. odd. He moved like solder melted, if I can attempt to describe it. From utterly still to flowing in an instant. He flowed when he moved, but at the same time he blended into the landscape he covered. Not like a chameleon, but like for each instant when your eyes saw him it was as if he had always been a part of that particular piece of landscape. It was as strange to watch as it was to describe.Camp was broken and we were on the move within two hours. We moved slowly for the first hour,.