28. Auction

[Kian]

Ever since the pirate ship arrived at the busy port, Snow White seemed to have lost Carys. She flew all over the crowd in circles until she soared above the clouds again.

Snow White was now tailing two pirates. Not the very sightly ones.

“They look like… Morana, Nox and their crew,” said Jackson, looking at the video of shabby taverns and streets crammed with pirates and locals. Snow White’s wings were transmitting the live video on my tablet. “Oh goddess. Don’t tell me they have Carys.”

Did they kidnap Carys or have they been working for her all along?

I had met those two several times in Xafran. They were quite famous in the illegal markets and underworld. They were the worst reputed smugglers because they could smuggle anything and anyone from the brightest to the darkest of corners. I had made a few trades with them.

I directed a call to my men working in Xafran. I had restarted the investigation from where my father had left off. His old connections came in handy.

“I want