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.Are you worth that much? Did I charge too little? Too much?""The price for this humiliation will be your blood," Kasumi said.AmaSour Fiction"I do not doubt it," Luther said with a smile."It's a pity, but such is life." He departed, leaving Kasumi alone.Kasumi was worried.He hated to admit it, but a half million in silver for him? That was disconcerting.Who would pay that much for him, and why? That was the most troubling question - why? Well, he would know soon enough and hopefully the knowledge would not kill him before he could get Minoru free.Minutes turned into nearly two hours before Luther returned to the cabin, and Kasumi watched in silence as he armed himself.Wearing a cutlass, four daggers, three pistols, and spare shot and powder for the firearms."Do not try anything," Luther said as he approached with keys in hand."Minoru is already on deck, ready to be carried along with us or thrown overboard in his weighted chains."Kasumi held still, and cooperated as he was held to his feet - only because he fully intended to get free later, and kill this bastard at a later date.He forced himself to hold still as he was bound, arms behind him, legs manacled so he had only just enough room to walk.Humiliating.He stumbled trying to gain his feet, and was saved from falling over by an arm around his waist."Steady there, pretty."Kasumi said nothing, refusing to rise to the obvious taunt.Roughly Luther escorted him out of the cabin and off the ship.Kasumi ignored the jeers and comments of the men, eyes only for the man he was extremely relieved to see alive and relatively well."Kasumi, thank the gods.""Master," Kasumi said."I apologize profusely.My shame knows no limit.""Nonsense, Kasumi," Minoru said with a gentle smile."I am rather more concerned as to why they want you."Luther shoved him forward, motioning his second mate to do the same with Minoru."Let's go, our employer is waiting and I want this job done." He motioned his first mate to lead the way, and it amused Kasumi that Luther would not trust him to anyone else, but preferred to keep hold of Kasumi himself.Amused and frustrated, because with anyone else he would have managed to break free.Giving orders to his men to watch the ship, Luther motioned to his first and second mates, then the five of them departed.They traveled in silence through a desolate landscape, some remote scrap of island that was nothing more than sand and barren rock.Not even a bit of scrub dotted the landscape.Onward and upward they traveled, until the going simply got too steep for him to mange."You will have to undo my feet," he said, unclenching his teeth just enough to speak."Do I look like a fool to you?" Luther asked with a laugh."You'll manage; we're nearly where we need to be." He grinned, and spoke before Kasumi could protest."Mange or I will be more than happy to carry you.Now go." He shoved hard, and Kasumi fumbled for a grip, making his way up the rocks slowly and painfully, liberally helped along by more shoves and tugs.Bastard.At last they crested the steep hill, and Kasumi struggled to regain control of his breathing even as he stared down into the small valley below.Before he could get a good look, he was all but thrown down the slope, winding up on his knees at the base.He looked up at Luther, but instead of the smirk he'd anticipated, he saw that Luther's attention was solely for the men gathered in the middle of the valley.Finally Luther stooped and hauled him to his feet - but he never quite took his eyes off the group of men.Kasumi eyed them as he was dragged along.Nearby, Minoru gasped with the same shock Kasumi felt."I should have known," Minoru said quietly."Jun."The man to whom he'd spoken smiled.Kasumi's first impression of the man had been that he resembled a hungry rat.Eight AmaSour Fictionyears later, that impression remained.He stepped forward, just clear of the men who had been clustered around him, spreading his arms wide."Captain Cenel, I see you are as good as your word.""I will choose to take that as a compliment rather than a slight," Luther replied, pulling one of his flintlocks free as he pulled Kasumi forward."You owe me 250,000 silver, mate."Jun looked at him briefly, then returned his attention to Kasumi."Long time no see, son of the East Clan."Kasumi said nothing, refusing - this was the man who had paid to have him kidnap? This scum, this filthy rat? He moved Luther down a notch on his kill list, more than happy to put Jun in the first position."I cannot believe it," Minoru said, shaking his head in wonder."Perhaps I should not be surprised.You were ever after the secrets of the clans.Why go to such lengths as these?"Jun smiled."Magic, my friend.""Magic," Kasumi repeated in disgust."Men like you are the reason the world has abandoned magic and turned to science.You went to this much trouble in the hopes of learning secrets I would rather die than tell you?""Lord Minoru, a pleasure to see you again," Jun said, ignoring Kasumi."I cannot say the same," Minoru replied coldly."Surely you realize this was a stupid venture?""Stupid? Hardly.Vastly amusing, however.I tried to persuade years ago to cooperate with me, Lord Kasumi [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]