Buying Tiran

When a human woman buys a Hissa warrior at a slave auction, it turns out to be much harder to set him free than she expects.

Created, along with her sister, to be an ornamental slave, Mara’s life starts as a piece of property. After years of captivity, she and her twin sister managed to gain their freedom but were quickly parted. Mara learns not only how to survive but also how to thrive in a universe that isn’t kind to humans. Determined to find her sister, she carves out a life as a small cargo hauler and gives herself the last name Lost. Every chance she gets, she searches, combing through every port and station she visits. She attends distasteful slave auctions and investigates any rumor of a human that looks like her, ever hopeful that someday she’ll be reunited with her twin.

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