The Pirate and the Amber Cat 26

Chapter 26

Suili makes her escape.

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Cortleno was in good spirits as he and Suili rejoined the heavy traffic of Brimshire's thoroughfare that afternoon. The auction had gone well, bringing unexpectedly high profits for the Rak weapons, and most of the crew was already squandering their cuts in the local brothels and taverns.

At his side an auburn haired young woman stood close, her fingers light on his sleeve, unaware of the prurient glances of the townsmen. The lewd attention didn't go unnoticed by Cortleno, and Suili looked up when he took her hand possessively. She didn't comment on it; instead she displayed interest in a jeweler's shop across the lane.

Her curiosity was not in the jeweler's workmanship, but in his reaction to the necklace she wore. She saw his old eyes light up at the gleam of the emeralds, and she knew he was estimating their worth. They spent little time in the shop and within moments were back on the street.

Suili bided her time as they visited a table where a woman displayed fine laces and collars and another stall of leather tooling. Cortleno released her hand to examine a baldric of waterbull leather, and she waited a long moment at his elbow before leisurely stooping to adjust her slipper. She watched his eyes move over the sword holster, and then she sloly stood, stepped backwards, and dissolved quietly into the thronging street.

She didn't look back.