“What do you mean?” Zames thundered. “He clearly cheated!”
“Your man only said they had to select one silver and were prohibited from drawing until the agreed upon signal,” Kyrshaw explained. “He never said they were restricted to using their warlocks. Just that no one else could intervene during the duel. And we both pledged to hold to the agreement regardless of the outcome. Hunter won, so you are obliged to reward us our ships.”
It was a tenuous argument, but I was impressed Kyrshaw was bold enough to go for it.
“Now see here,” Zames said, gesturing to the other armed raiders gathered around him. “We will not tolerate this.”
I tensed, ready to pull my ’lock with the number 1 silver still loaded. I figured from where I stood, a shot at the right angle would take out most of the raide
