Jezz shivered as the cold January wind bit through her blanket. The fire provided little warmth for those who sat in the shadows. She hadn’t been able to sleep so she had grabbed her blanket and gone for a walk, only to return even more awake then before and half frozen. With a sigh she stepped over a lump that was a member of her band to move closer to the fire. As she settled down her worrying thoughts drifted back to her, she was the head of a group of bandits so when money got low the pressure was on. Her band was made up of mostly runaways and orphans who robbed houses and travelers, although she stayed away from the elderly and children and had never once hurt anyone. The pressure to rob was huge now, Jezz had made a good call a few days ago and made the mistake of spending it all too soon then moving too far from a village. Now they were three days away from Myra and completely broke with no food. On Jezz’s right Vape gave a loud snort. Jezz rolled her eyes and smiled at his face. It looked like someone had stuck a fowl smelling sock under his nose….
Vape was Jezz’s right hand man. He and his brother, Ramoth, had runaway from their orphanage as children and found work in the shipping yards. But when that didn’t work out they ran from that, that was were Jezz came in. Vape was a lot more free spirited than his brother, often braking into song and looking at the brighter side of life. Ramoth was the serious one, he and Jezz didn’t get along very well. Often times fighting until someone had to take a walk. Usually it was Ramoth. Just yesterday they were riding and everyone was quietly mopping when all of a sudden Vape broke into a rousing chorus of “we are the bandits! Mighty, mighty bandits!”
He had even gotten his horse to move so that it looked like it was dancing. But the funniest thing about him was how different he was to his brother, but how much they looked alike. They both had wavy black hair, although Vape’s had a small pony tail. They also shared a long face with dark eyebrows and brown eyes but Ramoth’s face was usually pretty scruffy whereas Vape kept his clean shaven, except for the tuft of black hair on his chin.
With another sigh Jezz went over to her sleeping bag and lay back to look up at the sky. Three more days and they would be home free…………..
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