Chapter 39 Empathy

• The next morning Council Emissary O'Connor delivered Jedidiah's 'gift basket' to Vuk. As the boss pulled back the towel covering the disembodied head he said calmly, "Tako da se malo stene zeli igrati ... Valjda ga moram ponovo obrazovati. (So the little puppy wishes to play... I guess I must educate him again.)" Vuk took a deep breath then coldly replied, "Drugan you may go, I have no reply for you to return."
• The bureaucrat departed as the boss continued speaking to the air in restrained rage, "Oh my little one... you will pay for violating this truce. I wanted my new puppy to know only sexual bliss... NOW you will know real pain under my heel, before you serve by my side. I will rip your life apart until all that remains is the pain and me."
• The mighty Serb looked at one of his underlings. Vuk pointed at the basket on the desk, "Dispose of that. Rhiau Pack wants a war... this is ok with me, we can do war, on my timetable. Assemble the hunters, we have to boost our numbers. Turn every candidate we can find. I will need pawns for this chess board. Make them strong, loyal and dumb. I want an army big enough to both dominate the council and end Rhiau forever.