"I've heard some rumors... about your temper."Devon looked up from his glass to judge Ben's body language as the question escaped his lips."I'm not no...rmally one to believe rumors but when it comes to the safety of our slaves I feel I have to be cautious."Ben smiled and swallowed the last bit of his drink."As a younger man I did have quite a temper. I have to admit I had my share of altercations. However, as most good things get better with age so have I. I'm actually comforted by the fact you. “What’s with them black bladed swords, anyhow?”“They’re magical,” I replied, drawing a half-foot of blade, to watch the light make iridescent patterns on the metal, “Alchemical steel, not a true enchantment, but made from magically-treated metal. It’s too bad that, so far, out of all the magical weapons we’ve found, we don’t have a single one anyone really knows how to use. Katriana is practising with that broadsword, but who knows when she’ll be good enough to use it properly.”“Well, if’n you. The first shot went over his shoulder and the rest soaked his hairless chest. We cleaned up and relaxed by the fire for a while and Chris decided to head back to camp. I decided to chill a while with Kelsey before lights out. Kelsey lit the other half of the joint and stoked the fire a bit and pulled his chair close to me as we started talking. “So, you got a girlfriend?” Kelsey asked and I responded by saying that I broke up with her a couple weeks ago, knowing that it was a lie I figured. “Do you know what we do to little rich white bitches who come into our territory?” “Please. I’m Hayden Panettiere. I’m a famous actress. I could give you a big reward for helping me.” “You ain’t famous here, bitch. You are a fine piece of white meat. And me and my boys is hungry.” “PLEASE!” Hayden begged, “I’m only s*******n. Don’t destroy my life.” “Hear that boys! Even if she said ‘yes,’ we’d still be breaking the law. Sorry, white meat, we’re going to take a piece out of you. We normally.