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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Two million credits? They're making you pay them two million credits just to be forgiven for trying to win a war with the information you had available?"
"No. I had enough possessions and ships at the time to bring it down to a little over a million. They automatically take everything you have up to half the initial debt value. Thankfully, I inherited this ship later, once my brother's will had gone through, or they'd have taken this too."
I sat back, too stunned for words. In some ways it made sense. It was an effective way to stop a lot of people committing a crime, but it also must have stung. He'd been trying to save his brother, and it had gone wrong. He wasn't entirely to blame, that was clear.
"I'm sorry," I said. "But thank you for telling me."
"So you understand why I need to sell you fina
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Time seemed to phase in and out, the pair of us lost in a combination of pleasure and sleep, reaching for each other whenever we stirred from our dozing to go for another round until I wasn't sure if it was night or day or if the entire universe had passed us by while we floated in space.Eventually, however, our stomachs and need of food brought us back to reality."Feel free to take a quick shower," Icaan said as he finally got up and started pulling his suit back on. He had the fancy kind that cleaned the occupier and took care of the bodies needs. "Unless you want to make us something to eat too? I should check on where we are and the ship's systems soon.""Check we're not drifting toward a black hole or a star about to go supernova and I'll get us breakfast. I want the meal of champions after everything you had your slave do for
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My ship looked strange now I'd been off it for several days. It had been my home for so long, but it was clear that it had seen better days. Now I'd been away from it for a while, I noticed the wear and tear. Panels were scratched and warped where I'd had to remove them so many times. The floor was scuffed and dirty, feet having walked over it for years, dragging in all sorts from markets and planets the galaxy over.I slowly walked through the hallway to the main cockpit, trying to ignore the panels that Icaan had removed so he could get at the components underneath. Alarms blinked on the console, letting me know that the ship had been butchered, but there was nothing I could do. Some of the systems were on so it wasn't such a dead weight flying behind Icaan's ship, but otherwise her life, in at least my service, was probably over.After running my hand across the cons
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I gripped the arms of the seat again and again as asteroids narrowly missed us. This wasn't my idea of fun. Icaan however, seemed to be as calm as anything, almost as if he was mesmerized by the task, in some kind of zone.I'd heard that Frentin had also been bred to bypass fear. That their brains literally thrived in situations that were dangerous and required skill and reflexes to see them through. Was this actually good for Icaan in some way?There was no way I was going to ask him or talk to him right now, the dangers far too in my face for me to risk distracting him and getting us hit by a flying space rock.Hoping nothing got any worse, I merely held on and tried not to squeal when he threw the ship hard into turns and pulled up or over far faster than I'd have thought possible.Behind us also
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I sat in the kitchen, not sure where else to be as I tried to calm down. More than once I'd considered going to my own ship, but I currently didn't dare. I'd made Icaan angry and I didn't want to make it worse.This whole journey felt like it went from bad to worse. Not only was I a slave, but I'd been seduced by my captor rather than trying to get him to soften toward me and my ship had been used for parts while I'd looked on.I wanted to cry again, but I didn't let myself this time. There had to be some way through this mess that I didn't hate. The effort of trying to think through what I wanted and what was possible was almost too much, however."Figured you'd be in here," Icaan said a moment later, making me jump. "Look, I get why you did what you did. And it probably did save us from another run in with Kryan, but you need to run
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I gave Icaan some space, letting him be in the cockpit by himself the rest of the day and eating my meals by myself in the small bedroom. I prepared food for him too, not feeling that cold toward him, but I did no more than take him the plates.When the evening crept closer I made myself a separate bed on the floor of his cabin and curled up in it. It wasn't the most comfortable, but I'd slept in worse in the past. Despite making myself a bed, I didn't find it easy to fall asleep. Once again, I could smell Icaan's scent and after an entire day since anything had happened it was having the usual affect on me.Rolling over again, I sighed. This was dreadful but I didn't want to encourage Icaan on any further after he'd basically given me the cold shoulder. I was starting to accept that there was no way I could convince him to keep me and no way to escape in the meantime.
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It took me some time to work out how to phrase my first question. Not only was I not sure what I wanted to ask, but I wasn't sure where to begin. Even though I'd thought about it while going to sleep it was as if none of it quite made sense in the light of day. All of it I could remember anyway."What's the market like?" I asked as I finished eating. "I mean, I know the general gist. Biggest market in the galaxy, and there's loads of areas. But... How busy is it? How many people are there to actually shop? Will I be sold on right away? Auctioned or price tagged? Is there some kind of shop for human slaves, or an area with cages?""Would you like to slow down so I can attempt to answer all those questions or do you want to make yourself more anxious by spouting all the elements you're afraid of?"I snapped my mouth shut at Icaan's admo
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The atmosphere had mellowed in the cockpit again since I'd made my request and I had spent the last few minutes telling Icaan how I mixed some of the food ration packs to make more interesting and flavorsome meals."I need some of these written down," he said a moment later."You'll remember the ones that matter. And besides, now you know you can have more fun mixing them I'm sure you'll come up with some combos of your own.""It just never occurred to me to mix them." He ran a hand through his hair and shook his head slightly."No, because you're clearly one of those ex military types who likes everything to be black and white. Mixing nutritionally balanced food ration packs is quite a gray area sort of thing to do."I thought I caught the hint of a frown as it c
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The two ships were clearly coming after us, the radar showing the one to our left trying to cut across our front while the one behind was gaining ever so slightly.Both were warming guns so I set ours to do the same, and waited for the okay that the first plasma bolts were hot enough to do some damage or take a chunk out of the shield reserves."I'm going to try and avoid being hit more than I'm going to give you good moments to shoot, so bide your time and wait for good moments or make your own moments.""Okay," I replied to Icaan's suggestion. I'd flown like that in the past. It was a technique I was at least familiar with. Plasma wasn't cheap and I didn't like to waste it.Icaan turned the ship to the right, putting more distance between us and the lead attacker for a bit until they shot, he then
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Silence had settled into the room for at least a minute as no one seemed to know what to do or say and my mind slipped into the turmoil it felt. I couldn't be bought by Icaan. Despite our best attempt at bringing in the credits, he didn't have enough.I couldn't help but cry as my fate ran through my head. Despite Icaan wanting me and me wanting him I was stuck as a slave and I had been put there initially by the very Frentin I loved. It seemed so heartless and unfair but there was nothing I could do about it.Although I considered trying to run again, I knew it was pointless. Every man in the room bar Icaan was now bound to keep me here and I didn't doubt Sadisk planned to punish me enough as it was. Shaking, I reached for Icaan, but he shook his head and pulled away.The movement broke a dam as almost half the room started to talk a
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"Stop this madness and let my slave go!" Icaan's voice commanded from somewhere nearby. Immediately I opened my eyes, but the baton struck me anyway, catching me in the side. Despite my resolve to handle this with dignity I screamed, the pain as it shot through my torso so intense I couldn't do anything but."I gave a command. Let that slave go!" Icaan yelled and immediately the pain receded and I crumpled to the floor.Tears streamed down my face, the pain still so intense I could barely move. Frith appeared at my side and gently tried to lift me as Brinto and several of the other guards hurried to my side and surrounded me, physically pushing Sadisk and the other men back, but the slave trader didn't appear to want to give up."She's not your slave yet, and she needs to be punished. Twice now she has tried to escape."
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Despite Sadisk's declaration that Icaan had abandoned me, I still didn't want to believe it. And it seemed neither did anyone else. No one moved."Come here, slave. I will begin by dealing out your punishment for escaping your masters and costing them a significant sum of money to have you returned.""No," I said, "Not yet. I said I would wait three hours to allow for issues with your transport shuttles. My heart doesn't believe me abandoned yet."Then I shall break your heart as well if need be, but you will learn to obey." Sadisk seemed to produce some kind of baton from somewhere inside his clothes and strode toward me.I moved to one side and attempted to put the sofa between us as Brinto also stepped into the way."You cannot be serious, Sadisk. Those things
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As a much larger and more robust looking carriage came rattling down the tracks, my guards all got to their feet and I took it as an indication I should do so as well.The side panel opened up to reveal an interior with far less seats. The seats it did have were arranged in a circle, and they looked as if they were not only padded, but the straps holding the occupant in place appeared to be far less worn and much more sturdy.I allowed myself to be led inside and immediately aimed for the seat in the middle of the circle. I soon got myself seated and tried to work out how to do the straps. A few minutes later I was still fumbling with them, until Brinto came closer."Permission to aid you, ma'am. We don't really want to still be here when the next shuttle comes through.""Oh, yes. I have no idea wha
