“They took Welby’s brother too,” Mallory said. “He’s trying to find out where they took them.”
“Cutthroat Harbour. They loaded them onto a ship and headed west. Someone overheard a couple of the sailors talking.” Roast put a large wooden plate of sandwiches in the middle of the table. “They were from Cutthroat Harbour and were headed home. I need to travel down there and save Merry before they send the prisoners somewhere else. Like the arena in Hellfire.”
“Arena?” Brodie took a sandwich, having already eaten his cake.
Roast sat on a stool. “They pit the slaves against each other and against creatures. Some of the matches are to the death and others are until someone is incapacitated. Which often leads to death.”
“There are slaves?” Mallory asked.
“Only in the demonic lands,” Danae s
