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âIsabella, can you gather your people so that Lord Jax can make the offer to them, please? Whoever is interested?â Cai said, shooting me a significant glance.
âYes! Thank you! Thank you!â With that, she tore off, heading back to the group sheâd just left, while I turned to Cai.
âOkay, first off, when the hell did you have time to not only meet her, but to get on friendly enough standing to be using a term of endearment like that? Damn, man, thatâs fast work!â I grinned, getting an eye roll in return.
âItâs not like that, Jax. I met her last night at the party; she and her friends were feeling us out about life here, andâŠâ Cai said quickly.
âAnd this silver-tongued devil had her fair near into his bed before Iâd finished ma beer!â Oren laughed, elbowing Cai in the thigh, nearly sending him flying.
âItâs not like that! Honestly, Oren, you only see what you want to! Sheâs a lovely woman, and sheâs well thought of by her people. I was trying to get her to join us!â
âOh aye, ye were tryinâ tâ get her tâ join ye alright, in a wee moonlit stroll!â Oren grinned at Cai, before winking at me as Cai looked away. For a second, Iâd been worried Cai was taking advantage of things before I realized that he was actually mortified by Orenâs accusations. I could see that Oren was winding him up, or at least I thought so, so I did what any friend would do.
I jumped in as well.
âReally, Cai? I thought better of you! Taking advantage of that poor girlâŠâ I didnât even finish my sentence before Cai had spun around and was waving his hands in negation.
âNo! Honestly, Lord Jax! Please, I would never do such a thingâŠplease believe me!â
âHmmm. Well, there is one way I could give you one more chance, I suppose⊠but thereâd be conditionsâŠâ I said, as though serious, squinting at his imploring face. âOkay, first, you stop calling me âLord Jaxâ when weâre alone like this. Just call me Jax! Iâve told you before, after all!â
âOhâŠwhy, youâŠâ he growled, taking a deep breath, and glaring at both Oren and me. âOkay, Jax, I agree. Whatâs the second condition?â
âWell, she seemed pretty interested in you; all Iâm saying is sheâs pretty, so relax, man. If you donât use your position in any underhanded ways, have fun! The second condition isâŠyou see whatâs going on there, mate!â I grinned at him and turned around, making my way back to the stairwell as Oren casually spoke up from behind.
âOne other wee point as well, Cai; ye just told her to get everyone together to meet the âgreat Lord Jaxâ, aye? Well, only thing is, ye didâna tell her where!â
Cai spun around and started swearing under his breath as he set off jogging along the corridor in the direction Isabella had gone.
âTell them to make it the ground floor outside!â I shouted after him, having already decided that Iâd need to be in the makeshift âcommand centerâ Iâd been using up to now.
âYes, Jax!â Cai shouted back as he disappeared into the mess of rooms in pursuit of Isabella.
âOh, heâs got it bad fer her!â Oren muttered, shaking his head in mock sorrow. âBarely known her a night, and alreadyâŠâ
âGive it a rest, man, he canât hear you.â I replied, grinning.
âAye, but ye see how quick he bit?â Oren let loose with a belly laugh as we headed downstairs. âOh, Iâm gonna have some fun witâ this!â
Chapter Two
Oren and I set off jogging down the stairs, and despite the poor show heâd put on only a few days ago, he actually managed to keep up for a few more floors this time. When I asked him about it, he just winked and told me that heâd leveled after the battle and sunk a few points into stamina, as âAll the ladies love a dwarf wiâ stamina!â
Cai caught up with us a few minutes later, and we continued as a group, people jumping aside as we passed. The occasional bow, curtsey, or wave from people, depending on their preferences, struck me as weird enough that I still flinched when it happened.
âHow do we get people to stop doing that?â I asked after a particularly rowdy fight between two children had been cowed into fearful silence by their parents at the sight of me. Weâd run on past, as Iâd figured it was better to give them some room rather than telling the kids to get back to fighting.
âStop doing what?â Cai responded, his feline grace being brought into even more prominence by Orenâs huffing and puffing as the dwarfâs short legs tried to keep up with us.
âThe whole bowing and scraping thing. The look that woman gave us was as if she thought Iâd kick the kids out of the window if they made noise, for fuckâs sake!â I replied, the exercise doing wonders for my hangover as I got my blood pumping.
âShe probably thinks you might,â Cai responded sadly. âThe simple truth is that we were slaves. She wasnât one of my party, just one of the villagers that we freed yesterday, but in these lands, the strong do as they want. For all she knows, her children are in danger here; itâs just slightly less than elsewhere. It may seem unfair that theyâre afraid of you but think of what theyâve seen of you so far. They were captured by a warship, made slaves, and their village stripped by a dozen or more soldiers. They then land at a Tower that theyâve either never known about before, or only heard of through dark tales. They fully expected to be sold as slaves, probably assaulted, and the best she
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