Building A Future: Castaway Book 2 by Vlad ben Avorham

Author:Vlad ben Avorham [Avorham, Vlad ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Dag really didn’t need this headache. This would push his clan up to nearly three hundred people, assuming that he took all of those wanting to join. He knew that for every Bren or Hendden in the crowd, he would have at least one who was likely to be more trouble than he was worth. He was brooding about it, and knew he was being moodier than he should be over the situation. So when Lavern had one of her mood swings and called him out on it, after indulging him for two hours, he snapped at her, and then felt bad when she went to tears.

Had he not been in such a foul mood, or had she not been pregnant, they would have probably handled it better. She would have explained her suggestion before nagging at him, or he would have not taken the nagging personally and asked her what she suggested. Neither of those happened, and they had a blowup. One of the few in their time together.

It wasn’t until after the fight, and the makeup sex, that she finally said what was on her mind. He was still coming down from some really good sex, and was relaxed enough to hear it, without all the added stress. “I don’t understand why you just don’t put them to work. You can see who they are by how they handle it. If they complain or try to duck out on the work, you can send them away. If they work hard and look like they are going to fit in, then give them a shot at it.”

Dag took a long exhale, “That isn’t a bad idea. Some will still slip through, and it is harder to deal with them once they are part of the clan than it is to get rid of them first, but that should get rid of most of the problem children up front. Like panning for gold... pick out the shiny bits and toss the rest.”

Lavern kissed his cheek, “What is gold?”

Dag laughed, “That must be why I love you... you don’t know about gold or diamonds.” She still looked at him confused, and so he kissed her. “Where I came from, gold is a very special shiny sort of rock. Men would give it to women as a sign that they could provide for them. Some women were very demanding in how much they wanted, and so it became a joke between men. Until the joke wasn’t funny anymore and men started to kill each other over places to get the gold.” He shook his head in the dark, “I’m way oversimplifying it, but at the root, I think that might have been the start of it all.”

Lavern asked him in a whisper, “Will you be mad if I said that I would like some gold, if only to see what all the fuss was about?”

Dag sighed, “No, I’m not mad. I’ve thought about trying to hunt for some, as it does have its uses, but I don’t know that I want to dump that on our world just yet.

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