Veil of Deception [2]

"Join you...?" 

The tree looked at me with a confused expression. Blinking its red eyes, it stared intently at me. 

Under such gaze, I felt my chest tighten. 

It was a bit of a gamble on my end, but it was something that I was willing to risk my life for. To be able to align myself with a being this powerful... It would certainly make my life a lot easier in the future. 

There were also Delilah and Atlas, who I could consider allies and were powerful. 

'Another twisted relationship...' 

.....Every second that I spent with them was a second where I had to be extra careful with my words and actions. 

One slip-up and I was done for. 

It was for that reason that I couldn't necessarily consider them true allies. 

But it wasn't like I minded this twisted relantionship. So long as it benefitted me, who was I to care? The same was true for the tree. 

One slip-up and I was done. And yet, I couldn't help myself.