Damien stalked toward the twelve men who were tied and kneeling in the dirt. He paced in front of them for several long minutes, carefully watching the reactions of each man to his presence. He knew any of them who eyed him with distain were ones who were firmly entrenched with Laos, their gazes thick with their sadistic needs to dominate the slaves, and those could not be trusted. But there were two or three younger men, ones who were probably new, that eyed him with fear and worry. Those m