Sonja and Khalid haggle.

"The girl sleeps with me," Sonja countered with a shake of her head. "She is yet a virgin. As you know, that triples the gold I can get for her in the city."

"A virgin, you say?" Khalid looked at Conan with astonishment, rubbing his oiled beard thoughtfully. "It is hard to imagine that a body so ripe has never had a cock within it."

"I would settle for one camel, strong enough to carry us both for two hundred gold," Sonja haggled. "And Connie will be naked by the end of her dance."

"Bahh! What good is seeing a naked ****, no matter how beautiful she might be, if I am to be left with my cock hard and no release?" The caravan master argued. "You have a deal if, when the dance is done, she sucks my cock until I spend. That way, I will be satisfied, and her precious cunt will still not have been breached."

Red Sonja stood silently for several seconds. She was well used to haggling with traders and merchants and knew instinctively that Khalid had reached his bottom line. To continue haggling further would be an insult; she could either trade on his lowest terms or refuse him completely. Out here in the desert, even honest traders turned to brigandry if the chance arose. Khalid might well decide to take both Conan and Sonja by ****, and as skilled as Red Sonja was, she would be lucky to prevail against an entire caravan.

"We really need that camel, Connie," She looked at Conan, knowing she would understand the position they were in, should there be no trade as well as herself. "I doubt either of us would make it to Luxor on foot."

Conan had watched the exchange with horror, her eyes flicking between Sonja and Khalid as they haggled. She had often dealt with desert traders in her travels and was well aware that if a trade was agreed, Khalid would be honour-bound by his word. Without a trade, however, he had made no promise of safe passage out of his encampment and could easily decide to take both women as slaves if he believed he could do so. Sonja was waiting expectantly. Conan could see her muscles tensed, ready to fight if Conan refused Khalid's final terms.