Closed in Chains

Tain Halliday struggled back to consciousness, at first having no idea where she was. She lay on something that felt like bare metal, and when she forced her eyes open she found she was right. It was metal she lay on, just like the metal of the bars a few feet in front of her eyes.

Damn! Tain thought as she sat up and looked around, memory returning in a literal flood. That damn female did get us caught! If I live through this and somehow manage to get away I’m going to kill Coleson!

Rather than wishful thinking, the intention to kill was more of a sworn oath for Tain. Coleson was head of Tain’s department back at headquarters, and he was the one who’d made no effort to refuse taking on one of the director’s lame nieces. The girl had no aptitude for being an agent, but because she wanted to be one she and her uncle had seen no reason not to indulge her whim.

And they still won’t see why this was such a bad idea, Tain thought as she settled into a cross-legged position and looked around at the other cages standing near hers. The little imbecile was supposed to take my orders, but instead she blundered around until she set off a trap that caught us both. That will become my fault, of course, because I was supposed to be in charge. But when that happens and I’m accused of not doing my job, at least I’ll have the pleasure of punching out a director. Right after I punch out his niece…

But right now the girl, Ennie Farrow, was still unconscious in her cage. This world of Oliven, degenerated from what it had been since it was settled, was more than a little backward. Properly protected upper class women were supposedly never bothered, but all the rest were considered fair game for enslaving. Tain and Ennie had been disguised as upper class women and should have been safe to do their job of locating the various places where the leaders of the area met, but then Ennie had taken off on her own. Tain had been forced to follow, and she’d caught up with the mindless girl just as Ennie walked right into a slaver trap.

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