Page 132 of Sohut's Protection

Sohut’s shoulders slumped a little with relief.

“The auction,” he answered. “Yes.”

“That way,” the Hedgerud motioned in the direction off to the side and Sohut saw a dark corridor leading from the room. “Your master will be looking for you.”

Without another word, the fighter walked away and Sohut made his way in the direction that was pointed out to him.

It couldn’t be this easy.

Something was bound to go terribly wrong.

Unlike the pleasure room, this corridor was dark and led even farther down into the stronghold.

It opened into a dimly lit room, so dim it took his gaze a few moments to adjust.

There were Tasqals everywhere, though these ones were clothed. They were moving around, looking at displays set into the walls and at first, he couldn’t see what was inside the displays.

It was not till one of the Tasqals moved that his eyes caught sight of a creature he’d never seen before. It was Merssi-like, except it had four arms and what looked like wings.

The auction.

These were the beings being auctioned.

Clee-yo.

Her name sounded so loud in his head, he worried that he’d said it out loud.

Moving swiftly but carefully so as not to draw attention to himself, he moved toward the displays, his eyes searching desperately for a hint of his female.

And he found her.

At least, he thought he did.

It was a display with a garden and on the other side were females that looked Merssi except for their skin coloring and heads.

There were about six of them…but no Clee-yo.

His life organ fell.

He was about to move away when his eyes caught movement underneath a large tree off to the side of the display.

Moving closer, he peered in just as a female stepped from underneath the blossoms.

She was…gorgeous.

Pale skin. Long legs. Hair like zimsu flowers.

This time his life organ leaped inside him.

Clee-yo.

But she looked different.

Her hair shone as if it had recently been washed with softening products and she was wearing a see-through shimmering gown that stopped mid-thigh.

His life organ crashed then beamed.

His gnora.

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