Page 34 of The Warrior
I sighed again. “I overheard the fucker make a crude comment about you and your sister. It pissed me off because you were too young to be spoken about like that.”
“What did he say?”
“Trust me, it doesn’t deserve to be repeated. The man was a pig.”
“In that case, thank you for defending our honor.”
I found her gratitude unnecessary and yawned. “Any decent man would have done the same. Now, give me an update on the men you’re chasing.”
“We still have three more to catch. Jonathan, Devlin, and Luke are still missing.”
“Be careful with Devlin. I fought him some months ago and the guy is good with a knife.”
“Don’t tell me he’s the guy responsible for the scar you showed me on your arm?”
“I’m afraid so.”
“I’ll be careful, and if I get a chance to kick him hard, I’ll do it for you.”
I frowned. “I don’t need you to kick people for me. I’d rather you kept away from him. The man is no joke, Laura. He’s a big motherfucker.”
“Even big guys have fragile balls,” Laura said with bravado. “And I’m fired up after we caught another one this morning.”
“Who did you catch?”
“Kessler. The sad part was that he’d already violated a woman before we found him.”
“Did he rape her?”
“From what I heard, yes.”
I made a deep sound in the back of my throat from disgust. “Tell them to send the fucker back to us. I’ll make sure I’m part of the welcome reception when he gets here. We’ll castrate the son of a bitch before we kill him. I don’t tolerate rapists!”
“I won’t tell them that, it might make them hesitate to send him back. Motlanders don’t believe in a death penalty or torture.”
A line formed between my eyebrows. “Not even for a rapist?”
“No. They believe in rehabilitation.”
“That’s crazy. The world will be a better place without scum like Kessler. If he raped a woman, he should die.”
“I agree, but it’s late, Magni, I need to get some sleep.” Laura yawned. “Thank you for checking in on me.”
I miss you.It was on my tongue but wouldn’t come out. “Yeah, I’m tired too. We’ll talk tomorrow,” I said, playing it cool.
“Good night, Magni.”
“Night.”
I hated the silence and lay awake for a long time, thinking back to the first time I’d known I wanted to marry Laura.
CHAPTER11
Chasing Bad Men
Laura
The first thing on my mind when I woke up was my conversation with Magni last night. I didn’t remember us talking much before I took off to the Motherlands. Back then, he would order me around, and I would listen when he complained about this or that. I had always doubted he knew much about me, since he never asked many questions or seemed to care.
