This is a story about a slave called Jack who was taught how to use guns and who became so good at it that he got sold to a man from the Americas. His new owner is a bounty hunter and had lots of enemies. One day the new owner on his way home after he bought Jack encountered his enemies on the road and had to escape to save their lives and had no choice but to ask Jack  to defend while he steer the wagon. Jack defended with his owner's  rifle. Jack killed two of the bounty hunter's enemies which lead to  the owners enemies who is called the Bandits, they long to take  revenge on Jack. When The Bandits couldn't kill Jack, they managed to abduct the owner's daughter  Rose, to lure Jack out.  Jack pursued the Bandits and with success saved Rose and escape from The Bandits. Escaping from The Bandits forced Jack to take a different route home. The route Jack took were a longer road and with so much time and days on a journey back home, Jack and Rose got to know each other and this is also where love started to blossom between the two of them.

Born A Slave, Equipped to Defend and His Master's Lover

We were riding for almost four hours and from where the sun was setting I could tell that it could be well past four, Rose was resting against my back, fast asleep. From where we are now, the land looked much greener than St. George, it reminded me of back home in Kaap De Good Hope. Everywhere I looked was green grass, unlike St. George Town where the ground looks red where ever a person could look. I knew I had to be cautious cause I don’t have many bullets left, only a few in my twin Colts. I stopped at a dam, woke Rose up … 


Jack: Miss? Let’s drink a little water, come … 


Jack: I don’t know, you tell me, Miss, this is your country 


Chapter 6