Seeing the situation take a nose-dive, Baron Doyle being taken hostage, while in pain, shouted, "Wait a minute! We can still talk this through…"
But Anker, who was already pissed off, clearly was not in the mood to hear him plead. He clasped the old baron's neck with one hand, forcing the latter's words back into his throat.
"I've had enough of the viciousness and hypocrisy of your entire family! Doyle!" the hostage-taker said in rage, "Whether the men or the women, the young or the old!"
Behind Thales, the still-hesitant Doyle was glaring so intensely that his eyes seemed like they were going to pop out at any second. His arms were trembling.
Procca had to rush forward to help Glover hold him.
As captain, Mallos remained silent as he merely took measure of the hostage-taker with a frosty gaze.
