Am I that kind of cruel author, who after setting up a cliff-haner with the stealing (not kidnapping, that is for free people) of Patrck's slave Juli, would made the readers wait another week for the resolution.
Yes, I am. Tale 18, A New Hope will be posted next week.
Bonus: The
fate of Nicola Van Rijn
A blonde
slave knelt in front of Atticus of Ar of the Caste of Slavers. Clearly she had
not been long on Gor; her Gorean was broken and halting. Outside the streets of
Glorious Ar were as quiet as ever they got. It was night, the three moons were
the only light, as it was so late that the lamps which dimly lit the streets
were low. They had been turned down to save the use of unnecessary fuel. It was
the hour of thieves and knives in the night. Men rolling home late from the
taverns would be lucky to lose only their coins and retain their lives.
Marlenus might be Ubar in the daylight, but under the moons, the only law was a
strong arm and a sharp blade.