"Damn it, keep your voices down... Human trafficking? That’s not what I meant," the man snapped, startled by their reaction. "I just meant for you to meet her. I never said I was selling her to you... She’s a noble! You think you can just buy one? Are you crazy or am I?"2

Of course, if these New Alliance bosses could pay the right price, maybe it could be arranged... He could ask his superior. With some luck, there might be wiggle room.0

After all, in this kind of chaos, a few people going missing wasn’t surprising. When the gates closed, it wasn’t just the poor who got discounted. Any noble they got their hands on could also be sold off at a cheaper price.0

The man silently marveled to himself.0

Typical New Alliance big spenders, freaks, the lot of them.1

Trying to bring someone back with them…0

Peepo remained wary, eyeing the man up and down. "What do you mean ‘meet h...0