"

A guard grabbed the man as we started walking out. I caught one of the guards with Sam, "Help my wife bring the children to our house."

He nodded and turned back to help Sam with the children. Allen cleared his throat, "You know the merchant probably didn’t use his real name."

I glanced at him as we walked, "That is why we look at any and all paperwork."

He looked down, "I don’t know how to read."

I smiled and put my hand on his shoulder, "You will learn."

Dett was sitting on a barrel with his feet on the back of a man on the ground. Allen grinned as we stopped and Dett stood. He gestured, "this weasel came from the back, probably a hidden door."

One look and I knew he was a clerk. I glanced at Allen, "Look at him. What can you tell about him before we start questioning him."

Allen squatted down, "He isn’t a guard or worker."

He gestured to the man’s hands, "Ink stains so maybe a clerk?"

Dett was grinning as I nodded, "Which means?"

Allen stood, "He knows the merchant."

I shrugged, "Maybe. What it means is he should know where the clothing was sent and who bought it."

The man on the ground turned his head and Dett bent to pull him up. I nodded to Dett, "put him in a cell by himself."

He nodded and started pulling him along as Allen and I started following. I gestured to the other warehouses and workers watching, "go talk to them. See if you can find someone that can remember seeing the merchant and meet me at the city guards building."

He grinned and slipped away as I stopped at the warehouse before heading into the city. I caught up to Sam and the children a block later and helped with the children. I left her at our door as Adelia took charge. I sat with captain Able and told him what we had found so far as I wrote out a message to Jonathan and the duke.

I ignored the shouting as the men from the warehouse were brought in and locked away. Peter sat down, "A couple started talking but didn’t know the merchant’s real name."

I nodded, "Check on any reports of missing children and have a guard go to the woman that got us going."

He grinned as he stood, "I already sent someone."

I grinned and finished the notes I was writing. I had a runner take them and went next door into organized chaos. Sam came to kiss me before looking at all the children, "I sent for Maria and asked if she could fix something."

I nodded, "Hopefully we can find all the parents."

Sam nodded, "I have Tim writing down names."

I smiled, "as long as you can read his writing."

She grinned, "Adelia can."

I laughed and looked at her, "Want to come wait for Chris or Edward?"

Sam nodded as she turned towards the door, "I want the bastard that did this."

I turned with her, "vengeful witch."

She laughed, "Like you aren’t."

I opened the door to Ali and smiled, "Yes?"

She grinned, "I was told you had lost children and needed help."

I glanced down at her pregnant stomach, "Their inside and Sam already sent to the inn for food."

Sam kissed her cheek, "Let Adelia help."

Ali laughed, "Well, she does have more experience than me."

I grinned as we left her and went next door. We had barely sat down when Allen opened the door and peeked in. I smiled and turned my head towards captain Able who was giving orders to a couple of men, "Able?"

He looked at me as I turned back to Allen as he walked to the table confidently, "A few saw him but they couldn’t really say what he looked like. Just tall, dark hair cut short."

I nodded and gestured to him, "Captain Able meet Allen..."

Allen looked at the Able and reddened, "Jones."

Captain Able smile, "welcome Allen."

I grinned, "I hired him."

Able grinned, "I’ll let Jonathan know so he can add another guard on the rolls."

I glanced around, "Mona?"

He laughed, "Three guards came in late and made the mistake of back talking."

I winched as Sam laughed. I gestured to Allen, "I would like her to work with Allen. Dagger, night stick and short sword."

Able nodded, "I’ll tell her."

I looked at a frowning Allen, "Mona was in my company. She will teach you to use the weapons I mentioned and I will teach you how to fight unarmed. Sam will teach you to read and write in the evenings."

He glanced at Sam and grinned, "they say she can fight."

Sam grinned and I laughed, "And Mona taught her so you better pay attention."

I looked at captain Able, "Has the clerk started talking?"

He nodded, "Peter is with him."

I sighed and turned as the door opened again and Chris and Edward walked in with the customs clerk. They came to sit and the clerk smiled, "Lord Kristin."

I nodded and he sighed, "The papers don’t really mention the merchant but I have found several receipts for goods from Merchant Allison. The receipts are for goods but don’t have amounts which is suspicious."

I nodded and looked at Peter coming in from the cells with Dett. After they sat down Peter grinned, "Merchant Allison."

I nodded, "Okay, that is cause to bring him in."

I stood and looked at the customs clerk, "Would you mind coming with us and looking over his papers while we... talk to him?"

He grinned as he stood, "do I get a club to help... talk to him?"

Everyone laughed and I nodded to Peter, "you and Chris take the back door."

I glanced at Allen, "Do you know where he lives?"

He snorted as he turned towards the door, "I will in a few minutes."

I smiled and we walked after him. I glanced at Able as he followed along calling for Mona and guards. Sam grinned at me, "I think we are going to have help talking to the merchant."

Allen was talking to another street urchin at the side of the square. He turned and handed the boy a coin before trotting towards us, "Yellow street, down by the Rainbow Pigeon!"

I glanced at Peter as he grinned and started walking. I gestured to Allen, "go with Peter."

He grinned as he ran to catch up. Mona caught up before we left the square. I looked at Sam, "When we return I need you and Mona to pull all the little girls aside and talk to them."

She nodded as her mouth tightened, "I already told Adelia what to ask them."

Chris slipped away when the inn came into sight. Allen was talking to another boy before pointing and running after Peter. I walked towards the large shop he had pointed to. Dett and Edward slipped around me and walked through the door. The crowd of guards followed me through the door behind them.

A clerk looked up and his face paled. The merchant turned his head and went white before running towards the back door. Dett and Edward followed him as I gestured to the clerk, "Would someone please take this clerk and start asking him questions?"

The crowd of guards growled and two headed towards him. I glanced back at the custom’s clerk, "You can look through the records."

It sounded like a fight in the back and the guards surged forward through the doorway. Allen swaggered out of the back of the shop a minute later, "We have him."

I smiled, "And have you checked his quarters upstairs?"

He frowned and turned, "No."

I smiled as I walked past him to the door beside the hallway with Mona and Sam following. I had to use a knife to break the door lock. I pulled the door open and Allen slipped through with Mona following. Sam even pushed me aside to go up before me. I went after them and came into a living room with Allen rolling around on the floor with a woman.

Mona was watching and Sam kept trying to find a way to help Allen. I shook my head and waded in. I reached down and grabbed a handful of the woman’s hair and pulled her away and up. She screamed and tried to reach for me and I slapped her hard. She froze for a second and I shook her, "Anymore and I will put you over my knee and spank you."

She glared as Allen came to his feet, "This is my house!"

I shook her again before releasing her, "And we are here on the Duke’s business. Your husband kidnaped children to use them as slaves."

She snorted, "They were common trash."

I looked at her as my eyes narrowed, "Mona?"

"Yes Kristin?"

I nodded to the woman, "arrest this person for conspiring to break the king’s law on slavery."

Mona grabbed her as the woman gasped and yanked her hands behind her back. I glanced at Sam and then at Allen, "You will go with Lieutenant Mona. This woman is to be stripped in the city square and placed against a whipping post. You will give her twenty lashes and then she is to be sent to the mines."

He swallowed, "yes Kristin."

I nodded and gestured to Mona. She yanked the woman towards the stairs and Allen followed them. I turned to look around before starting to search. In the merchant’s private study I found the ledger he kept. He received the strangle pole when I finished and those that had kept the children were whipped and sent to work the mines for ten years.

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