Chapter Twelve
Gisele’s Gambit
A new slave for Sanctuary, and one that wanted to be trained like one of Thomas’s slaves, was quite a feather in his hat. Next morning, when it came time to leave, Gavin invited Thomas (and by extension, me) to stay another week. I guess Gavin also wanted to bask in the warmth of Thomas’s new success, and what better way than keeping him around? Even Logan when he showed up with Coretta for her week long trial, got in the act and heaped praise. For his part, Thomas allowed people to shower him with compliments, but didn’t gloat. All of sudden he was surrounded by friends he didn’t know he had and he wasn’t about to act like they always were. But, later that day, Thomas pulled me aside in the living room.
“I don’t know what you said to that new slave, but t
