With that out of the way, Skylar holstered her pistol again and turned to everyone.
"Let that be a warning to you," she commanded. "I'm not going to tolerate any misbehavior. If you're to guard one damn prisoner, then do your f*****g job! Don't start thinking with your d**k, because it'll wind up getting you in trouble like this miserable bastard here. I can guarantee you'll regret it if you decide to force any of the women to do your bidding. I won't wait for her to shoot your c**k off – I'll shoot it off myself!" The men nodded silently, cowed.
"Brand," Skylar continued. "I want you to take four men and find Rosie. If you don't find her, you can forget about coming back!"
"Yes ma'am!" he responded, crisply, firing off a salute before turning and nodding at four of the men around him.
