Mallory leaned close to Ryan so she could catch his words. “What are we-” She broke off when the smuggler spoke again.
“Better hope that was a creature and not someone coming to rescue you.”
“If you keep holding that blade against my throat it won’t matter. The other two told you not to kill me until they found out what was going on.”
“If someone else steps out of the tunnel and into this cave I’m not waiting around for an order to kill you. You’ll be dead before they have the chance to speak.”
“What if it’s for her? Are you going to slit my throat then? Whatever that noise was, it didn’t sound human. You going to slit her throat?”
The smuggler chuckled. “She couldn’t be that lucky.”
When the smuggler began to talk about the plans for the merfolk, Mallory drew Ryan back around the c
