"Daimyo Yorimasa."
"Yorimasa," Nathan repeated, letting the name settle.
Ayame gave a slow nod.
"One of the Four Daimyos. He controls the Hebi-Yama Domain — you can see the mountain from Minato if you know where to look. That large peak to the east." She paused. "I assumed you had noticed it."
Nathan gave a brief nod. He had seen the mountain. The silhouette of it had loomed over the city's skyline since the moment he arrived, dark and imposing against the pale sky. He simply had not thought much of it. A mountain was a mountain. The idea that a domain sat carved into its rock had not crossed his mind.
He filed the information away and moved past it. What mattered now was the irritation crawling steadily beneath his skin.
"What exactly does he want with the women here?" he asked. "Why target them?"
