Chapters Fourteen -- Paradise Lost
Thanks to uncle jomai's shrewd investment advice, miyatsu's winnings on the circuit had been turned into a tidy fortune; they could afford to pay a ransom for aiko. but she didn't delude herself about her future once any money was paid.
Uskara Tales II: Gwendolyn Espris (Part I)
And _don't_ say it's a ransom, if that were true ye'd of been given demands by now!" gwen exclaimed, "i've no need for yer money or yer amazin' talents. use those brains of yers and _think_ about it.
The Giant Bacteria: The Novelization, Part 1
The mayor will regret not paying me that ransom!" he flicked a switch and the targeting scope locked on to the facility, and his thumb hovered menacingly over the firing button on his steering mechanism. goodbye, megakat refinery!
A Tail of Two Peoples - The Lords of Parai
The other you held his friends at ransom!" "well, yes," malis said, licking his lips nervously. "you see, that's the way i help my people stay in line.
The Pirate Cove
``now, let's get to the fun part; don't believe we captured you for some sort of ransom or to make you pirates. you see, there is something we like to do to landlubbers that wander to close to our ship.
Renegade
This ambassador had been captured and held for ransom, and the government wasn't willing to pay the fund, and so had sent in this team to get him out.
Pokemon Story - Brotherhood of the Bracken Sea Ch. 3
Buccaneers and pirates could attempt a robbery or hold the boat and crew for ransom. and dangerous sea monster could be prowling the deep - just like the bracken sea monster.
A boy and a dragon a tail of two friends #4
A week after that alex had helped runetide rescue some poor civilians being held for ransom, it was very scary, it was raining heavily with thunder and lightning it was just him and runetide she had provided a very messy distraction, alex had freed
Here, There Be Dragons - Ch. 5 - Catbulgar and a Stowaway
She isn't a pirate, or i would be spaced and you would be up for ransom. i'll be checking in to make sure she takes care of you, okay? just like you took care of me."
Broken Wing Fledgling
"if you ever got kidnapped, i bet your clan would pay hundreds, or thousands of hexstrings in a ransom without even the slightest hesitation." "no, no, that would be against our principles," jarzyl decided.
Death's Blood Ch. Twenty-Three: From Tree To Tree
These people are petty thugs, but without a doubt promised a king's ransom for this. i can tell by their tattered blazers. their pistols must have been supplied by giffard, too. i leap from the top of the crates, blades out.
Prayer and Demon 10 - Approach to the Treasury
"but...but a bed like that would be worth a king's ransom all by itself..." diya's head was spinning at the thought. "no," sarahi corrected, having overheard, "it would be worth the king's kingdom. a small one, at least." "st.