“Threats won’t get you anywhere.” Baldwin’s lips curled. “Masenak and I have been together for a few years. He’ll believe anything I tell him.”

“Then we’ll have to make sure you tell him exactly what I want you to tell him.” Korgan stared him in the eye. “And you’ll also tell me everything I want to know about Masenak, Baldwin. I’m particularly interested in Jubaldar Castle. Such an interesting place. How many times have you been there?”

There was a sudden wary flicker in Baldwin’s face. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said belligerently. “I’ve never heard of any Jubaldar Castle.”

“You have,” Korgan said. “You must have just had a lapse of memory. But we’ll help you remember every single thing about it. It might take a day, maybe two, but it will all come back to you.” He leaned forward, and his voice was lethally soft. “Because you’re nothing to me, scum of the earth, and I have men who are very adept at getting what I want from assholes like you. Though I’d prefer to do it myself, and I might allow myself the pleasure if you hold out that long.”

“You’re bluffing,” Baldwin said hoarsely.

“Look closer. Am I bluffing?”

Baldwin finally tore his gaze away. “I’m not afraid of you.”

“You will be.” He glanced at Gilroy. “By tomorrow I want a radical attitude adjustment.”

“You’ll get it.” Gilroy grimaced. “Maybe before. I really don’t like this bastard, and I can tell you don’t, either. You might be a little too eager to snatch him away from me.”

“I might at that.” Korgan turned to leave. “But you’ll have until tomorrow.” He walked out of the tent.

Alisa caught up with him a few steps later. “What is this Jubaldar Castle you were asking about?”

“A name that came up when I was investigating Masenak’s trips to the Atlas Mountains. I need to know more about it.”

She was studying his expression, trying to remember every nuance of the conversation about that mountain stronghold he’d mentioned so briefly. But the reference had been too fleeting; he’d gone immediately on to other questions. She said slowly, “I believe you already know more than you led me to believe that night in the study.”

“Perhaps. Why not? We were both on guard, and you were the one being interrogated. I told you I might need to ask Baldwin questions.”

“But I didn’t think it would be about Jubaldar Castle. I’ve never heard of it.”

“No reason why you should. Not many people have, and I didn’t specify. But I’m very interested in Jubaldar. You gave me the opportunity, and I went directly to ask Baldwin that particular question.”

“That he’s not willing to answer.”

“He’ll see the error of his ways.”