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What kind of way was this to greet a potential customer who intended to trade with her? Only a crazy person would set their beasts on someone, and then threaten us with a lousy bow. And after what she’d witnessed the genies do? Damn…the girl had some balls. Perhaps she wasn’t so willing to negotiate now that my genies had kicked her beasts’asses.
Shock rattled through me like a freight train when the robe slipped from her head, revealing her face. I had expected a hideous hag or worse. But she was the opposite. At about five feet three, she stood a little shorted than me. Red curls cascaded over her shoulders. Pale skin glowed red from Zand’s palm fire. Her full lips were the color of roses, and she had curves in all the right places on her tonedphysique.
Sure, I wasn’t bad to look at, with my lean figure and dark features. But this girl was beautiful. I shouldn’t be jealous, but that emotion flared awake insideme.
Her posture shifted; she pushed her shoulders back and straightened her neck. “You fools couldn’t afford the sands ofKatar.”
Talk about sassy. Guess you had to be in a career like hers to have such attitude. Add to that little fact that they we were also trespassing on her lands. Guess she had a right to be a bitrude.
“How much do you want for the sands?” Iasked.
“Ten thousand markos,” shereplied.
I almost fainted. Who had that kind of cash? Not even Ali’s medicine cost thatmuch.
Zand circled her tree like a tiger sizing up itsprey.
Not a hint of fear crossed herface.
“Once you heal our brother,” said Zand. “We will pay whatever youask.”
Her green eyes didn’t stray from the fire in his palms. Hunger for power rolled in hereyes.
“We pay amply,” Dahvi mumbled, his gaze glued to the rise and fall of her perfectbreasts.
Fire boiled in the pit of my belly. I’d expect such behavior from Kaza, not Dahvi. But then there was the tiny part of me that couldn’t blame him for gawking. Her breastswereperfect, and this wasn’t the time for me to allow the crazy, green-eyed monster to take over—actually, there was never a good time for that, but especially not now. We had people tosave.
The words that came from Red’s perfect mouth hit me like a blow to the guts. “Money upfront or nodeal.”
Just as fast as she had appeared, she vanished into thegloom.
My heart sank to the bottom of my chest. We were screwed. “Let’s go,” I said and turnedaround.
But Zand wasn’t about to give in so easily. “I have something far more valuable to barter,” he calledout.
A response from The Collector came out of the shadows. “Oh, yeah? Likewhat?”
