289 Can you escape?

"What is this?" Ares asked looking at the names scribbled on the small book. 

"That is Darcy's die list." 

"Die list?" Ares looked at the names and seemed to recognize a few. Some powerful figures. 

"People she plans to kill or have killed, and maps to finding them." 

"Oh…" he looked at the names crossed out. It must be the ones killed then. "Who are they?"

"The traders," Ephraim said as he continued to look through his desk and drawers. 

Oh. The humans who traded other humans to dragons for profit. Slavery existed among humans too. Power was often corrupt. He would know since he had been a pirate and seen what the powerful do in the shadows. Condemn piracy while buying from the pirate. condemn slavery but sell slaves in secret.