I had about ten different outlets where I bought the gas. That was just to keep the ABC boy honest.That morning was all about weapons testing not mash...or moonshine. I loaded the cruiser with all the weapons I owned and the two boxes of .22 mag ammunition. One box was plain hollow points ammo, and the other was the caulk and pellet bullets. I carried a couple of chickens and some old jeans to the range. I figured I could test the ammunition in either weapon, since they should react the same. The manager of the coffee shop in Fremont had encouraged her to hang some of her pieces up along the exposed brick, saying it would add local flair to the dull atmosphere. She figured he was cheap and didn’t want to buy anything so she pushed him further, telling him that if her work was going up on the walls, they were also going to be for sale. A girl had to make a profit some way or another. Right in the middle of a shift, the gallery owner had come in, inquiring about one of her more. “You’d like her.”“More like enjoy her,” Riley says with a giggle.He looks to his sister and asks, “When is she coming back?”“School is up and she wants a job at the emporium,” Riley says, turning her attention more to her boss. “Do you think there is room to hire her?”Zate grins, dirty thoughts springing up in his head. “There is always room for another beauty. I’m guessing she plays with you too.”“Yes,” Riley answers. “Justin broke her into it, so to speak.”“I think I need another,” Justin. I brought these warriors with me because I had expected to have to fight my way in to review the conduct of this enclave.”“A year ago, perhaps you would have,” Savrit admitted. “The senior leadership kept many men-at-arms in their employ. I fear this temple was used in the transport of many captives. I do not know how they arrived here or where they went when they departed but many faces passed through here in the six years I’ve been here. I wish I had the strength to stop the travesty but I am.