Chapter 49 - Hostile Takeover

I thought I saw a snowflake when I took off into the night. My thoughts were swimming with what I had to do, how I had to teach this man–or parasite–that the world won't sit idly by as he consumes everything he can get his greedy little hands on. Most importantly, this had to be done now, because if Garret had been nearly as fast a study as Vance, I might actually have to put effort into this mission. I didn't want for anything material, but this would also give me the opportunity to make back what I had spent earlier in the day, and maybe free a few helpless slaves while I was at it. Garrett had only been around such a brief moment, even to someone like me, who was the definition of a newcomer. Still, he was getting comfortable, and needed to teach him what a mistake that was, before someone else took things into their hands.