Chapter 55: A Heifer Doing a Handstand

"Leaving that easily?" Daxton Mabbett's voice stayed flat. Conrad Vik endured the pain in his back and glared at him with a vicious chill. "What do you want?" "Nothing much," Daxton said. "I just think the idea someone brought up earlier, tying people up until the final trial ends, was genuinely brilliant." Conrad's expression flickered. "What are you implying?" "What do you think?" Daxton replied. He happened to have several coils of hemp rope in his Space Ring. He took them out at once, trussed...