Valkyrie Black

Chapter 91: Living Dreams

Val made her way down the street as the barkeep had indicated. In the early afternoon light, there were plenty of people out and about, but all gave her furtive glances. Val looked around to see what they were gawking at and realized she must indeed be quite the sight. Three of the marines walked about twenty feet in front of her, while four more flanked her sides, still keeping a respectful distance. Behind her, another three acted as rear guard.

Val was thankful the marines were professional enough to keep their distance but so many on these streets was a sight for sure. However, Valkyrie reasoned with herself that Gunner’s men had been the first to be loyal to her. She may have known them less than a month, but they already had a burning desire to please. At least with so many, any attempts by the assassins would be much more likely to go in their favor.

Val was surprised to note that there were very few Scath about. Normally a town like this would be crawling