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was never signed since I took over the company. And I’m sure no new contract has been signed with my shipping supply company in some time. Contracts are such a bother, too. What with having to draw them up, and having lawyers check them, then there is the back and forth with demands and concession. It can take months to hammer out. Unfortunately, we’d have to put all shipments on hold until we were done.”
    She waited. The silence that emanated from the other end of the phone seemed to stretch on for minutes.
    Lord Garon cleared his throat. “I do believe, Lord Danika, that you have almost persuaded me that I don’t need that slave.”
    She stopped twirling her ring. “Well then, my dear Lord Garon, what will seal the deal?”
    “As I’m sure you’re more than aware, with the demand for Savor rising in the past decade, so have the prices. The cost of the shipping alone has doubled. If the shipping were thrown into the price of the shipments, say for six months, then I might be persuaded to walk away.”
    Six months worth of shipping would be almost two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That on top of the current bid was an enormous sum of money. She looked at the screen. Mason sat on the edge of his bed, staring straight up into the camera. Straight up at her. Her heart leapt, and for a fraction of a second, she swore she smelled his sweet blood again.
    “Done. I’ll see to it that the agreement takes effect immediately upon your next shipment. For six months.”
    “Well then, I suppose that I’ve changed my mind. This human slave is not as I thought. I will retire from the auction and retract my last bid.”
    “I wish you safe travel as you return to your Coven House in Las Vegas.”
    “Of course I’ll be expecting a new contract, and at the same price for Savor for the next ten years.”
    Danika swallowed hard. “I will have the contract drawn up and sent over, with the price of the Savor staying the same for the next five years.”
    Silence. Then. “We are in agreement.”
    There was a click, and he was gone. Danika waited, and the phone rang again.
    “This is Clive.”
    “You will find that Lord Garon has changed his mind. He’ll be packing to leave as we speak, and retracting his last bid. Please set my current bid in his place. And place a bid for Ike as well. I will take him to five hundred thousand if necessary.”
    “Consider it done.”
    The minutes ticked away and there was no further activity on either Mason or Whitey. At the stroke of midnight, Danika’s phone rang.
    “Lord Danika, this is Clive. All three slaves are yours. Your total is ten million, fifty two thousand.”
    “I’ll have it transferred.”
    “Wonderful. I’ll be happy to have them delivered at your earliest convenience.”
    “I’d like to have Whitey and Ike delivered first thing tomorrow evening, but Mason will be picked up by Neeman and the Tracking Squad.”
     
     

Chapter 5
     
    Mason spent the entire day sitting in his cell, with the other slaves. The night before, an announcement had come over the loudspeaker.
    “Prospective buyers will be here within the hour. They can look and touch, but cannot taste you. You may be asked questions of a personal nature. You are to answer truthfully, or suffer the consequences.”
    “Are we just supposed to stand here and take this?” asked Jax.
    “Maybe it won’t be so bad,” said Whitey. “Maybe they’ll be like the Vampire lady from last night.”
    Mason doubted it. Her scent still hung in the air. If he got out, he’d be able to follow it wherever she was, provided she hadn’t gotten on a plane. His blood warmed at the thought of her. Taking a deep breath, he tried to slow down his pounding heart. He grumbled deep in his chest and rubbed his forehead as memories of his Vampire captor flooded him. The bites, the pain, the solitude. He lashed out, pounding his fist on the cell wall. The pain in his hand replaced the horrible memories. Blood trickled from his