The Last Dragon: Book Four

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The Slave-Master caught my eye from across the flickering flames of the small campfire. He said, “You look very satisfied with yourself.”

“More like trying to figure you out and getting nowhere.” My tone was not unfriendly, just cautious and truthful, considering the circumstances of our meeting.

His laughter rumbled in the cold night air. “Me? What’s there to figure out? I’m just a simple Slave-Master trying to earn enough gold for my next meal or two.”

I snorted in derision. “Liar. You buy and sell slaves, ruin the lives of people, and yet we find you are seemingly willing to help us kill the Young Mage and re-establish order in the three kingdoms. If that happens, we will abolish slaves, no matter how much mineral wealth lies underground in the mountains of Kaon, nor how many hands are required to dig it.”

I had kept my tone civil and calm despite my inward anger at his flippancy about a subject so vile. Somehow, we’d come to respect each other, if not become friends. Our beginning, with me the slave and him the owner, hadn’t eased the process.

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