“Fine,” said Alucard, “I’ll need to get beyond Osaron’s sphere, and then find a ship.” “You?” said Kell. “I’m not leaving the fate of this city in your hands.” “I’m the one who found the Inheritor.” “And you’re the one who lost it.” “A trade isn’t the same thing as a—” “I’m not letting you—” Alucard leaned across the desk. “Do you even know how to sail, mas vares?” The honorific was said with serpentine sweetness. “I didn’t think so.” “How hard can it be,” snarled Kell, “if they let someone like you do it?” A glint of mischief flashed in the captain’s eyes. “I’m rather good with hard things.
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