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the collar, two feet off the ground,
and threatened to rip him to shreds. "I don't know who has her, my
lord! All I know is that Miho Yoshioka is to be sold at a secret auction
somewhere in town. I have had nothing to do with any of this!"
Lord Shardin slowly lowered the terrified man to the ground, but
continued to glower at him. "I will believe you, for now, but if I
find you have withheld information, I will be back for you! In the
meantime, you had better do your best to find out who has her, and
where, and when the auction will be held."
"My lord, I can guess that 'when' will be very soon, within a
few hours at most, because nobody would want to risk their lives by
keeping Miho's any longer than necessary."
Shardin looked worried at hearing that Merina would be sold so
quickly. It would be hard to spy on all of the wealthy mansions of
Orionis to look for a captive young woman. After one last growled
warning to the shaken auctioneer, Shardin left with his cape swirling
behind him, to rattle yet another auctioneer in the city.
Shardin was taking such an active part in the search for two
reasons. Firstly, his empathic powers could sense if someone were
lying or telling the truth, and he quickly homed in on the
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