Chapter 15 - Slavers

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I heard loud running footsteps on the deck above us, the crew must be readying weapons and defense systems.

There was a loud banging on the door and I ran over to answer it. Julien stood there with heavy long sword In his hand

"Julien!!"

He ran in and turned around to face me.

"You two need to hide, do you know how to defend yourself?"

"Yes, we'll be fine. You should go up deck now and help you're captain"

I could see that he was scared but he was trying to hide it as he ran out of the room.I grabbed Amira's hand and scanned the room, there was a small cupboard in the corner of the room and we could fit if we curled up.

I ran over and pushed Amira in first, I crawled in after her just as I heard the sound of shouting from above deck.Amira started whimpering quietly and I tried to calm her.

"Amira....Amira please we need to be quiet!!"

She nodded and smothered her face in her dress, trying to muffle the sound of her crying.Suddenly I heard the door of the room slam open and several pairs of heavy footsteps.

"Cap'n, Cap'n, I found these!!"I heard the clinging of fine chains; they must have found our jewelry.

"AAhhhhh!!"A scream resonated through the room, Julien.

"Tell me boy!!!! Where are the silks!!!!"

Julien screamed again and the men laughed.

"The hull, the hull!!!"

He screamed for a final time and I heard him fall to the floor. I wanted to jump out of the cupboard and run to his side but Amira lay her hand on my shoulder and when I looked at her she shook her head.

We waited for hours inside the tiny cabinet, we heard the captain and crew of the slavers ship come and go. We could also hear a loud knocking which must have been the sound of their ship anchored next to ours.

I was restless, stuck in the small cabinet and it was getting hard to breathe as well, we had opened the door a tiny bit which allowed some air to enter but it didn't help much.

I was starting to fall asleep next to Amira, the cabin had gone dark long ago and it must have been late into the night by the time I heard the sound of laughing.I knew it wasn't our crew and it sounded like it came from the storage hull of the ship where the silks were held.

"Amira"

I nudged her as I carefully stretched one of my legs out of the cramped space.

"wha-"

"We need to go now, I think they're drinking in the storage hull but we need to hurry"

She nodded and copied me as I quietly wriggled free of the tight space, my back was sore from being curled up.

I kept low and scurried over to my trunk, I opened it and ruffled through, trying to make as little amount of noise as possible. I found what I needed and then crawled back to Amira.

"Undress me!!"

"Look I know you like your clothes but now really isn't the time!!!"

"Amira!!"

"Fine, Fine"

She unlaced my dress and I slipped out of it, standing up and pulling on the other garment that I had pulled out of my chest.

It was a thin dark plum shift that didn't have any structure which meant that it hung loosely on my body. I pulled my hair out of it's braid and it tumbled out, hanging loosely around my shoulders.

I stood up straight and walked towards the stairs that lead to the deck.

"You're crazy, what are you doing!!!"

Amira shouted at me in a hushed voice and grabbed my arm to pull me back.

"Stay here, I have a plan!!"

She didn't let go so I detached her hand from my arm and sprinted to the door, jumping out and closing it behind me.

"Clara I swear, if you get yourself killed then Oberyn and all of your siblings will put my head on a spike!!"

I stepped away from the door, her concern touched me but I knew what I needed to do and I wouldn't let Amira get hurt. I padded up the stairs in my bare feet and looked around when I got to the deck.

The slaver's ship was anchored next to ours and disgustingly on their deck I could see dozens of girls, probably no older than me chained up to the masts.

I quietly walked across to the deck and over to the steps that led down to the hull, from where I stood I could hear laughing and talking and I could also see the flickering of oil lamps.I took a deep breath, stood up straight and walked down the stairs towards the slavers.

Pretending, I put both my fists in balls and rubbed my eyes, as if I had only just woken up.All of the slavers looked up when I entered and the room went quiet, they were sitting in a semicircle around a table with mugs of Dornish wine.

Behind them was Julien, the captain and the rest of the crew, all shackled and chained to the wall.Julien's eyes widened when he saw me but thankfully he held his tongue.

"What's going on, papa?"

I put on my sweetest voice and looked at the captain, when he saw me look in his direction he froze but I gave a small, almost unnoticeable now and he relaxed.

One of the slavers who I was guessing to be the captain stood up. He was middle aged with thick greasy blonde hair and a large stomach.

"what do we have here? the captains daughter. Well you're a pretty thing aren't you and just the right age too"

He licked his lips and ambled towards me, I tried not to cringe away. I had a plan and I needed to look convincing.

"You must be one of papa's friends"

"Yeah, yeah something like that"

He stood in front of me and started to hungrily kiss my neck and move his hands up to my chest. It was so hard not to flinch at the feeling of his disgusting hands on me.

"Umm we'll leave you to it Obaro"

The disgusting man stopped and grunted before continuing to grope me.

"We'll take the prisoners too. Move them onto the ship"

Obara swiveled away from me to face his crew,

"no!! leave them be"

He snarled at the captain who swallowed and looked away. The rest of Obaro's crew left the cabin and he returned to me, still kissing my neck but this time trying to pull of my shift.

I looked over his shoulder to see that Julien was looking at me, his hands were chained behind his back but he twisted to show me a small metal object that he was holding, a key. I watched him as he slowly unchained his shackles, careful not to make too much noise. Once he was free he moved onto the rest of the crew to help them.

The crew all quietly got up, the elderly man who had talked to me earlier was just about to stand up when he tripped and fell.

Obaro twisted around to face the enchained crew and then back around to face me.

"Why you little bitch"

He raised hand and slapped me, I collided with the floor and everything went black.