In a hurry

"Remember, we will have Norbert run periodical checks on your situation. So, if the shit goes down, you only need to hold on until that check, and then a few moments it will take us to return," Mathew instructed Daria. He then leaned in over her ear. "And in the worst-case scenario, remember," he lowered his voice even further. "They are all replaceable. You are not."

Mathew wasn't planning to cull the numbers of the other group of survivors. He had absolutely nothing to gain from letting them die.

Yet, at the same time, the value of their lives didn't even begin to measure the value of Daria's life. Not only because of how many cores the young man invested in the girl but mostly because she was his wife.

Someone he was supposed and someone he was going to protect to the best of his ability.