[ Yes, he could have. Jack had even suggested it. But Vane refused, for one very significant reason: ]
You didn't belong to them, either.
[ He's not above ransom; far from it. Excellent way to bring in a significant payday without bloodshed or having to deal with pesky matters of economics. But Vane would only ransom back something that once belonged to his enemy in the first place.
He is not in the habit of treating people as cargo. ]
If you carried a powerful name from a wealthy family, I might well have taken the chance. But you were a wild thing, and this is where wild things come, sooner or later.
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You didn't belong to them, either.
[ He's not above ransom; far from it. Excellent way to bring in a significant payday without bloodshed or having to deal with pesky matters of economics. But Vane would only ransom back something that once belonged to his enemy in the first place.
He is not in the habit of treating people as cargo. ]
If you carried a powerful name from a wealthy family, I might well have taken the chance. But you were a wild thing, and this is where wild things come, sooner or later.