While he had been fairly confident that the offer was too good to pass up, he still felt a little thrill as she agreed to his terms. Calen had gone searching for a slave recently, but the experience had been frustrating. Most of the girls he had been drawn to had been slaves for years, and lacked any sort of independent spark. Captain Kane still had that spark, but needed him in order to survive. It was almost perfect.<br/><br/>"It should be a simple matter to protect the rest of your family. The emperor and his council aren't going to be overly concerned with what happens to a handful of civilians, not if they know that the traitor's oldest daughter has effectively been enslaved." He paused for just a moment, then said, "We have a deal."<br/><br/>The doors to the lift slid open, and Calen slipped inside, followed only moments later by his guards. "We'll need to act quickly, in order to convince my master and the rest of the council that this is indeed justice. If they feel like you are getting off too easily, they won't hesitate to order the death of you and the rest of your family. I'll need to contact my master at once, and you should be seen as my prisoner. We don't need to act, but it should be clear that this isn't simply a promotion for you."<br/><br/>The lift started to move, but Calen's attention remained fixed on Area. "By the time we are done, all of you staff aboard this ship will know what has happened to you." There was a hint of an apology in his tone. While part of him was looking forward to her submission, he also wanted her obedience. This was a fine line to walk, and they had little time to figure it out. Nobody had ever tried to interpret the law in this way before, and Calen didn't want this new partnership to fall apart before it could start.