The next morning Seb was up and gone before Julie woke up. He shimmered out to the slave traders' lair and went inside. Mortimer looked up and smirked, stating, "I
knew you'd come see me sooner or later." Seb kept a serious face on and stated, "We need to talk about Julie. Is she on your list of potential slaves and if so, what
will it take to get her off the list?" Mortimer chuckled. "I can't believe you've gone soft for a mortal! I've done my research on her and she'll make a fine slave, once her
spirit is broken . Seb growled, "I'll ask you one more time, what will it take to get her off your list?" Mortimer looked serious and said, "If you buy her from me for one
thousand gold coins, I'll mark that she's yours and she'll be left alone. I can't remove her name from the list, you understand." Seb frowned but reached into his
pocket, pulling out a bag of gold. "You get your list out right now and write down that I own Julie for life, no one else can come after me to haggle for her,
or no gold." Mortimer cursed but nodded, shimmering the slave list to him. "I suppose that's the best I'll get, it's a shame. She's a lovely woman!" Quickly he wrote the
terms of sale then handed the pen to Seb. "Sign here and she's all yours!" Seb signed the document and Mortimer made him a copy. "Keep this in a safe place, if
if you lose it certain demons may consider Julie fair game again." Chuckling evilly as Seb scowled, he shimmered his copy to the vault, locking it inside. Seb took his
copy and shimmered back to his lair, taking the time to lock up the sales document, then looked up smiling as Julie came out. "Good morning! I have great news." he
announced as Julie came closer. "I went to see the slave trader and got him to announce you as unsaleable."
Julie smiled brightly. "That's wonderful! How on earth did you do it?"