Phoenix Imagining (Phoenix Prime Collection Book 1) by Kat Lind & Taki Drake & B B Kern & Ryland Thorn & Nicole Zoltack

Author:Kat Lind & Taki Drake & B B Kern & Ryland Thorn & Nicole Zoltack [Lind, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Phoenix Imagining
Publisher: All Chaos Press
Published: 2017-10-01T06:00:00+00:00

Introduction - The Slaver’s Tale

The balance of retribution and just desserts are explored in this dark fantasy tale. The writer’s powerful story will make you think, even as it pulls you into the maelstrom of darkness.

The Slaver’s Tale

By Ryland Thorn

Chapter 1

It was morning on the day that the wyverns attacked. The sun was high and shone down on all of Balgeron city, even on those parts that would have more suitably remained in the dark.

One of those places was where the slave auctions were held. Though no slave auction was scheduled until the next day, the place was a hive of activity as those who made their living from slavery began their preparations. Tomorrow, the walls would be lined with Battlemen, watching the proceedings for signs of trouble, and ready to step in at need. The auctioneer would stand at the top of the stage while slaves were brought one by one to be sold. There would be a sea of bidders out in front, mostly men bent on purchasing the lives of others for their own awful purposes.

The auction would continue until all slaves, men, women, and children of all ages, had been sold. And then this place would become empty save for those young boys and girls who had the unenviable task of scrubbing the slave pens as clean as possible ahead of the next auction.

But today there were no Battlemen lining the walls. There was no sea of potential bidders out front. There were only the slavers and those loyal to them, and the merchandise that they had brought in to be sold.

One of those slavers was Grun Baran. Though not tall, he was the type of man who filled the senses, so that he seemed larger than he was. He was bald and fat and had last worn a tunic when he was a boy, preferring to display his corpulent bulk to one and all. He stalked towards the slave pens with a mighty sneer on his face as if he hated not only the people there but also the place itself.

But nothing could have been further from the truth. Grun Baran loved the slave auctions. Everything about it appealed to his soul. The dirt. The feeling of superiority he gained from being the one in control. The suffering of those who wore his slave collars and leg irons, and the sense of hopelessness and despair that they exuded when locked in the pens.

For Grun, it all gave him a sense of purpose. He might never be a lord or a king, but in this world he had status. He had power. He had weight.

He was a slaver. And not just any slaver. He was the slaver. His size and bulk and baldness and lack of tunic had become a signature that everyone in the industry knew. He was Grun Baran, a man who would put a collar around the neck of an innocent if he thought he could get away with it. The man all moneylenders knew to call upon if they had debtors who could never repay what they owed.

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