I looked left and right and turned right, "I normally clear the outer ring corridors before moving in."A few moments later I heard the claws on metal ...nd stopped, "Amy watch behind us. Tara move up on my right."A second later Welkys rushed around the curve in the corridor ahead. They had six legs and a mouth with teeth like an old earth shark. They were about thirty or forty pounds and always seemed to travel in packs. They were territorial like an ant colony and killed those from another. " She stuck around for the weekend." I shrugged. "Might as well tell her everything, too."I started gesturing for Kim to join us, and she waved shyly, but Sasha spun around to her with an apologetic expression. "Hi Kim. It's nice to see you again, but actually ... if you don't mind ... can I just talk to Ben alone?"Kim measured Sasha with a glance and then nodded. "Of course." She waved us on.Sasha went first, turning and going up the stairs. Behind her back, I popped my eyebrows at Kim. She. Thomas stood there with an ice pick staring blankly down at their prisoner shaking in fear. Billy, a brown haired guy of about twenty found his parents murdered in their living room staged to look like a suicide pact between the happily married pair of wealthy forty somethings. There wasn't evidence that either of them were depressed, neither took medication, and the worst thing was that none of them possessed a gun. Two shotguns were the biggest evidence which was handled by the entire police. In Chelm, the Mongols sold many of the slaves they captured during their forays into Eastern Europe so prices here for slaves were much lower than farther to the west. I was surprised at finding two grizzled men among the slaves for sale who had knowledge of mining. Managing to buy both men, as well as their wives and their remaining three children instantly earned me their loyalty. Fortunately, all seven of them knew how to ride. One would drive the wagon and I bought horses for the others to.