Callisto knew she was being cheated but wondered if now was the time to be confrontational. “And if I tell you to go f**k yourself, will I end up tied to a chair cut to ribbons like poor Thomas?”
Baron burst out laughing. “By the gods, girl, you have a bigger set of balls than any man I have ever met. Anyone who witnessed what you did would have taken half of what I offered merely to get away from here.”
Inside she sighed with relief. “I don’t scare easy.”
“I want that belt.” Baron reached into a small pouch at his side, retrieved fourteen gold and four silver, and placed them on the table. “That’s as high as I am willing to pay.”
“Fine,” she slid the coins into her pocket. “But next time, you open your tight purse strings a little more for what I bring you.”
“So long as you bring me
