King of the Slavers by John Cleve

Author:John Cleve [Cleve, John]
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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"At last I've found real purpose - something to do with my life. Those poor dear girls of his 'hareem' know nothing! Poor sexy youngsters, they're almost children and forced by my wicked, wicked cousin into a life of bondage and stilt heels, corsets and sexual use ... by one man!

Slaves to one man! Lady Vike Victorious, what a slimy grunjok he was!" This from the Lady Seerava, seated in her yacht's mate's chair in snowy, blousy blouse and snug midnight pants. Janja was beside her in the first chair, staring at the con.

It was done. She had stopped Manjanungo, rescued Lady S, and several others. She had Manjanungo's ship and several prisoners. With the aid of the Jarps, entirely her allies, and of a subdued, reflective Valustriana See, TransGalactic Order agent Janja now moved both luxury spacecraft toward the nearest planet.

That happened to be, weirdly, Qalara. Home planet of Jonuta - free once more on the spaceways, and presumably not headed for home. Once he was the only purpose I had in living, Janja thought, staring at the con and seeing nothing.

Aglii's Light - what a gray, gray universe it is!

"True purpose, firm!" Seera bubbled on. "I'll take care of those dear sweet girls he cruelly tore from their families and planets. Poor things! I'll find a way to put purpose into their lives. I'll find a way to give them purpose and an honest livelihood. Do you know that they go to pieces just at mention of divesting them of those terrible corsets?

Not a muscle left in their tummies, young as they are! They like the stilt heels he made them wear, the monster. They need direction, orders, or they might well stay in one place and starve to death! Fully conditioned, like animals. What a trainer my swine-cousin and that freaky martinet Intaglio were! They- oh. Will she be imprisoned, Janja?"

Janja only glanced at the woman beside her, and returned to her face-forward posture in the captain's chair. "I can't say, Lady Seerava. She was conditioned too, of course. His creature enough to love him or think she did, and to try to kill me.

My job now is just to take her in, with the others. Others will decide what to do with all of them. Maybe she can be changed, psychologically. I don't even know whether she belongs in prison or not."

"After she tried to kill you?"

"You were just talking about conditioning, Lady Seerava. Intaglio is Manjanungo's victim, too."

"You certainly are an unusual woman, Janja. You just can't be typical of TGO. Certainly not what we all think TGO and its agents are, anyhow. You certainly are unusual."

I'm that, all right.

Janja gazed straight ahead. Spaceship Lewuvul hurtled straight ahead, impalpably and almost soundlessly. Telits and gauges, screen and mini-screens reported constantly, silently.

Janja was looking at them without seeing them, that assortment of pastel lights designed to attract attention without diverting it, and to be easy on the eyes of spacefarers.

"Oh, and call me Seera, won't you? Think of those poor girls! All for the whimsy of one man - Manjanungo.

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