Dangerous Freedom Over Peaceful Slavery の小説・ストーリー

"I'm fucking pissed. You better have a good explanation or else we are going to have a problem." He sighed and rubbed his hand over his face, much like Nik did when he was tired and frustrated. "A slave not kneeling next to her Mistress in bad. Her standing away from her with a loose leash is even worse, Avalyn. It looks like she ran away, and runaway slaves are brutally punished or killed." "But she didn't! I left her leash! Voluntarily!" "That's even worse. You releasing her leash in public as good as saying that she isn't your slave anymore and she is fair game to anyone else," he explained and my jaw dropped. "Why did you release it anyways?"

I might have said the worst thing to Damien and hurt the both of us with words that in a million lifetimes, I would never mean but my stand on the bidding market still remained the same. I was not ready to be free if it was going to lead to others being taken captive by Cassius, his goons and other powerful men with enough money to buy the powerless and turn them to slaves after forcefully taking them away from their families to be sold like cattle. Damien was a man with a good heart and I knew that he would do the right thing. But what would happen if he stopped the reopening of the bidding market? What was going to happen to my escaping Cassius?

Looking for any sign of the man he must have been before grief destroyed him. "I know you can hear me" I said and my voice sounded different. It carried power now. The Moon Goddess's power flowing through every word. "The days of slavery are over" I said clearly so everyone could hear "no more humans will be bought and sold and no more families will be torn apart and no more children will be stolen from their parents" Varek's eyes narrowed but he could not speak yet. Could not interrupt or argue. He had to listen. "I am offering you peace" I continued "real peace where humans have freedom and rights and a voice in how the kingdom is run"

Then, she spoke. "I just think that since you're the Alpha, you should consider the greater cost instead," she said, staring at him while speaking in a restrained tone. "If that bomb yesterday hit you slightly off target, the pack wouldn't have lost just a mere guard, or a shipment, or a pup. It would have lost you. "It's just not worth it at all for you to risk your life saving an unawakened pup's life." The ward descended into silence. The last ounce of warmth in Larry's eyes died out.

Yes, it’s worth it. "Okay then," he started. "Then you must still remember that we suffered so much to this point. Do you think it would be wise if we let years of peace go to ruin because of a woman? And not just any woman. A slut. Someone who has been explored everywhere internally by Maddox. A sex slave. Do you really want that ? Do you want to risk war over a whore? Do you even know what that would mean for your status? Have you ever thought how people would view you as if they knew this?"

“It’s safer for you at his house.” “Safer from what?” “Everything,” Marco replied softly, his gaze pleading for me to understand. “Those people who were following us… the ones who sent them know where I live. It’s not safe for you there, especially if I’m not around.” Yesterday, after saying I wouldn’t regret choosing to be with Marco, I tried convincing myself that life with him wouldn’t be as smooth as a fairytale romance. Marco wasn’t a regular guy. He was a wealthy man who carried a gun, the kind of person who gets picked up by suited men and rides in luxury cars right after stepping off a plane.

“Sold for sixty million!" Did I just spend sixty million for a slave?

I didn't want to think too much of what could have happened to them. I sighed, wishing there was a way to put a stop to the trade of people as slaves in the utopia town. My heart filled with sadness as I realized that these were another set of people who would have to endure nightmares for a year as a consequence of their rebellion and price for their freedom. I looked at the group of men, women and kids and my heart broke. I didn't think I could stop the trade of slaves in the utopia town but I wanted to find a way get rid of the mark without having to go through the dangers of the Guchemba jungle.

No matter the danger, no matter the cost, I would fight until my people were free. I would not fail.

“We have to be more careful. They’ve always had the people’s love, for some reason. And they could use it against me.” I bit my lip, my mind already turning over the weight of his words. He wasn’t wrong. Darius and the others had that effortless charm, the kind that made people forgive too much, overlook too much. It was dangerous in the wrong hands—and right now, their hands couldn’t be more wrong. “What if you abolished slavery?” I asked before I could think better of it. His head snapped toward me so fast I almost flinched. “No.” The word was sharp, immediate, and final, like a blade coming down between us.