As I did with my other updates I am going to be sappy and dedicate this to my cat, Dusty, whom I had to have put to sleep on 9/30. I miss you, Dusty!
Chapter 13--Family Bonds Shattered
Tyon scowled at Jaisia's tone. "Speak to me with more respect, Jaisia. I am chieftain now," he said.
"I do not give a mule's arse, now answer me!" Jaisia snapped.
"I do not have to answer to you," Tyon said haughtily. He started to turn away, but another voice stopped him in his tracks.
"But you do answer to me, colt," Isolanthe said.
"Mother! I thought you were still at home resting!" Tyon gasped.
"Well, you can see that I am not. I want to hear the answer to Jaisia's question as well," Isolanthe said.
Tyon was not pleased, but he couldn't refuse to answer Isolanthe. "I had him removed from the clan. He does not belong here. He is a two legger," he said coldly. "As chieftain it is my right to chose."
"By our own laws the moment your father and I accepted Legolas into our family he became one of us, no matter how many legs he has. You are using your power to enforce your own agenda and prejudices and you cannot do so. You shame yourself and your family," Isolanthe said.
"I do not, if anyone did shame us it was Jaisia! She brought him here and ran off with him! She ignored her duties to the tribe and to her family!" Tyon protested.
"Your actions are far worse. You had a tribe member attacked and cast out without a proper gathering of the family. Did you forget that the whole family must agree to cast out one of their own?" Isolanthe asked. "Because of your action one of us is lost. There will be repercussions for you and those that helped you. I will order a gathering to decide what they might be. Now where is Legolas?" Isolanthe asked.
Tyon glanced at the other two who shifted uncomfortably; obviously knowing they were in trouble. "I do not know where they took him," he said.
Isolanthe looked at them, eyes sharp and cold. "Where is my son?" she asked.
"We did not hurt him. I hit him just hard enough to render him unconscious. We took him to the east of our village and left him bound there. We figured he would get loose and know better then to return," one said.
"That area is forbidden because there is a river that leads to the sea. It is a favored place for slavers to travel! Damn you! Someone has taken Legolas!" Jaisia yelled. She glared at all of them especially Tyon. "If he is lost to us forever I will never forgive you and I bet Aragorn will be furious too."
Meanwhile
Legolas watched his so-called master eat with wary eyes. He flinched back when he started towards him. He wasn't sure what he planned to do. "Leave me be," he hissed.
"Do not worry, Elf. This is only a temporary stop. Tomorrow we will go to my ship and wait for the others to return from their business. It will be awhile, but you will bring a fortune overseas," he said.
Legolas didn't like that. "What do you mean overseas?" he asked.
"I am the captain of a group of slavers. We came here to fill our hold with stock then we will return to our ship and go back to our homeland to sell what we have," Nero said.
Legolas swallowed hard. He was in worse trouble then he had thought. Valor save me, he thought. Suddenly he was seized and forced roughly to the ground. He cried out in pain as his arms were jerked roughly behind his back and bound tightly then he was rolled onto his back.
Nero held up a vial. "This is a handy mix of herbs that are available only in my hand. It causes the one given it to become more compliant with each dose. I think it might take longer to affect an Elf, but eventually it will take away all resistance and make you a well-behaved and tame slave," he said. "We will start the doses now," he said.
Legolas was helpless to resist as the bitter potion was roughly forced down his throat.
It's going from bad to worse, huh? For you Dusty, R/R please!