The Nethers by M. E. Parker

Author:M. E. Parker [Parker, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682300732
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Megan’s preparation for her nightly performance mesmerized Myron. She sat before a mirror brushing colors and powders onto her eyes and cheeks, and fiddled with her hair, twisting it into a thick braid that she tied with a black ribbon. She paraded around her chamber naked, until she selected a tunic from a heap of clothing and slipped it on. From a scattering of shoes, she carefully plucked a pair that had knife blades for heels.

Nico’s eyes were as wide open as his mouth as Megan sashayed around the room. Ren, too, attended Megan with her bleary gaze. Rounder faced Megan’s direction, but his eyes were closed.

Sindra’s hands were cuffed to a leash, attached to a pole in the center of the room. She was able to move about, but only a few feet from the pole.

“Don’t look at him.” Megan snapped her fingers at Sindra. “You look at me.” Sindra lowered her head. She was relieved to be free from the binding, but she had no more energy for a fight.

“Please, ma’am, can I go home now?” Nico said. “I don’t belong here.”

“’Fraid not, kid.” Megan pointed to Myron. “You’re his, now.”

“Myron, please.”

“You can’t make it out there on your own, Nico. You better stay with us for now.” Myron gave him a pat on the back.

“I can get you as far as Mesa Gap,” Rounder said.

“This little merry pack of men is too funny,” Megan said to Ren. “They act like they’re going to get to leave Megan’s Point.”

Ren managed a nervous laugh.

Bora Bora. It had to be with Sindra, and it had to be with her baby. He had to make it, and they had to come with him, not stay in Megan’s Point or be raised in the dungeon of some fanatic on the coast, or exist as some toy for a maniacal warlord. Myron had more luck formulating a plan when he allowed the idea to find him. All day his mind had raced over how to get out of this mess, how to free Sindra, escape Megan, and rescue Sindra’s baby. His conclusion: impossible, more impossible, unknown level of impossibility, but impossible nonetheless. His grandfather would have told him that impossible meant just that, qualifying it made no sense. And he would have reminded Myron that nothing was impossible, but Myron’s despair and disappointment with life on the other side of the Great Gorge had addled his thinking.

When the idea materialized, a surge of energy struck. “Sindra’s your property now, right?”

“We made a deal. No backing out now.”

“Right. So if someone stole from Sindra, they’d be stealing from you, right?”

Megan’s face reddened. “Yes.”

“Well, that’s what’s happened. Someone stole her baby.” If this worked, he could rescue the baby and get Nico home, and he and Sindra could make a run for Bora Bora.

“A baby?” Megan’s lip curled. “This cute band of travelers just gets more interesting by the hour.”

“They stole from Sindra—so they stole from you. Will you avenge your property?”

“Oh, you are an operator.

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