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He moved the metal flap covering the tube. Nalha shook his head, and something in Oriel’s eyes seemed to snap as he closed it and went around the chair while drawing his dagger.
“Wait! Wait! Please don’t!” Nalha tugged on the ropes, and he tried to throw himself from the chair when cold metal touched him, but the bindings held him.
Aspen should have been horrified, but he felt a savage pinch of pleasure. Nalha didn’t give a fuck about them, and Aspen had been viewed as a toy that happened to come along with a huge payday. Oriel’s face showed no remorse as his dagger sliced through the man’s forefinger. The bone put up a pitiful resistance compared to the flesh, but he didn’t let that stop him. The Captain shouted, and the bloody digit landed on the floor.
“Please! No!”
Oriel sawed off the next finger. “If you run out, I’ll start on your toes.”
“Please-”
“I’ll hurt your balls too.” Roth stood in front of Nalha and licked along the flat of his dagger. “Cutting them off comes later, and I think a few shocks might convince you.”
Nalha paled at those words as he stared at Roth. “Okay. Okay. I’ll do it.”
He gave orders to someone through the speaking tube. One argued back until Nalha screamed that he was tied to a chair, he’d already lost two fingers, and the cat fairy was threatening his nutsack. Commands were shouted outside while the sailors must have been adjusting the sails. After a bit, Aspen felt the motion of the ship start to shift.
Roth twirled his dagger. “Threatening a man’s balls always works wonders.”
Aspen rushed to the porthole, and a few dots of light seemed to slowly shrink as the shore fell away. The Captain remained silent the whole time.
“While we get some more distance, you better start talking,” said Oriel. “Why don’t you tell us who you planned to hand us over to? Hm?”
“I didn’t-”
Roth slipped his dagger into the man’s shirt and pulled down. The weak buttons and cloth didn’t stand up to the blade, and a couple of the buttons pinged on the floor. “You could make this a lot easier.” He used the tip to flick aside each side of the Captain’s shirt.
A faint tremble ran through Nalha. “As my Crown Prince still even with King Taven over West Bay, I’m begging you. Get this freak off of me.”
“I happen to like this ‘freak’ as you called him,” said Oriel. “Don’t insult him again or I’ll shove your severed fingers up your ass. He went against Lord Delwin for me, got me out, and saved Aspen. I’d fucking die for these two if I had to.”
Nalha’s eyes went to Aspen by the window with a plea in his eyes, but he flipped off the bastard. “Don’t you dare fucking look to me for help. Your men would have raped me.”
“And if he’s important to Oriel, he’s important to me,” Roth hissed as he leaned toward the Captain.
Aspen sat against the wall and drew up his knees as those words rang in his head. Why would he be that important especially if he used to have something with Oriel and couldn't stand him now? Roth should despise him.
Nalha tensed as Roth put the edge of his dagger on his nipple. Aspen couldn't help but to squirm even though nobody was threatening his nipples with a sharp object.
“Talk," Roth deadpanned.
“The-There's no one. I'd never dare-"
Blood blossomed on his chest as he tried to move away, but the edge sank in, and he couldn’t go anywhere. The little speck of flesh landed in his lap, and blood ran down his torso.
“One left, and then we’ll start on other stuff," said Roth.
“You’ve got more fingers,” said Oriel. “I guess I’ll take one of those before you become nippleless.”
“You’re torturing an innocent man. Please-” Nalha screamed as Roth touched his shoulder and shocked him.
Chapter Seventeen
Nalha held out for a good ten minutes. Another finger was sliced off, but it was the shock to his balls that broke him. Aspen watched from the bed and almost wanted to cover his ears at the scream the Captain let out.
Roth threatened him again once Nalha could talk, and he quickly shook his head.
“It wasn’t a specific person,” he said as his new stub bled. “When you found me, I knew the authorities in Qualquetty would take you. King Taven’s men are everywhere, and a new lord is over that city as a reward. The last one died in your court. I’ve never personally met the new lord, but I know that if I brought you, he’d pay me handsomely.”
