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When Sassy glared at her, Bianca laughed “We fetched a pretty price for you, better than little Beth who got herself with child” Bianca shook her head “Don’t have it all figured out yet, do you?” She leaned into her “Let iers, my dear … to service the sheik ill pay handsomely for you, and there you will remain until he tires of you He must be tired of Beth, because he sent us a request for another pretty, and I thought you would be perfect for hih as Sassy closed her eyes and tried to collect herself for what she would have to do
“Percy, go and find us so to need the Sassy, gagged and tied, onto the plank to the Sea Winds
Why isn’t she using her e threatened to take over his mind, but he quelled it He needed to think clearly He had to find a way to get to her
Percy gru thea dozen of them an
d not to worry
Thehis way on board, wondering if all the creere asleep He knew they set sail at dawn He stood for a o Then he turned and came face to face with a boy who inquired suspiciously, “What be ye up to, mate?”
The ht hook that sent hi hard He stuffed his handkerchief in the now groggy searabbed a coil of rope he found nearby and tethered hihtened seaman, “There now, you can have no doubt of ht on board Which way did they take her? When I take the gag out, you had best answer me, or you won’t like what I will do”
When the boy nodded, the rimly, “Which way?”
“Below deck,” the young seaman whimpered “Go down the companionway to the first cabin It’s that felloho calls himself Abdul’s cabin”
“Good lad,” thehis cheek “I will speak on your behalf when istrate” So saying, theback in the boy’s mouth and started for the companionway stairs
There he found the local istrate and two others, who quickly told hi them to hurry to the Sea Winds and make certain she didn’t sail They were then joined by Percy and five yeoman, who had undoubtedly been promised hefty payments They appeared pleased at the adventure as they followed him onto the ship
Percy silently directed two of the yeoels and to remain on top deck The other three followed him and the marquis down the narrow companion stairway to the deck below
Sassy had been pulled and shoved until she was finally presented to the dark Mosle for a means of escape The cabin contained a cushioned bunk, a table and chairs, and one small porthole
The turbaned hts And although those thoughts were unreadable, she could tell by his aura that his ethics and priorities were very different than her own She would get no help fro from her mouth and lifted her chin She kicked him in the shins, and he yelped with pain and smacked her so hard she was sent out of Tom Wheeler’s hold to land heavily on the floor