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Vikings of Asgard Chapter 12 Buying Slaves

Vikings of Asgard Chapter 12 Buying Slaves

Don takes his first visit to a slave market

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Nov 10, 2024
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Don grinned and holstered his 1911.

Bob, putting three rounds into the goat, had caught him by surprise. But the looks on the prince’s guards’ faces, when they understood what the guns were and could do as they were pointed at them, was priceless.

Bob’s handling of that arrogant prince was fantastic, but he could see some of the prince’s people didn’t think so.

A glance at each of Bob’s people showed none were watching the troublemakers. They were too focused all on what their Baron was doing.

 He stepped over next to the kid, Jimmy, the youngest of Bob’s people. Pitching his voice low, so only the kid would hear: “Two of those guards don’t like their prince treating some outsider as an equal.”

The boy wasn’t stupid. Now that it had been pointed out, he picked out easily the two that might be trouble. 

He captured the gaze of one. Then shifted his weight only a small amount with his hand on his gun. 

That man’s eyes narrowed.

Perfect.

The man now understood this kid could, and would, kill him the instant trouble started from further away than he could reach.

Don watched him repeat it with the second. Smart kid, and the least unfriendly member of Bob’s group.

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