Jacob lifted his head slowly, his face pale and battered from when the Dark Legion Guards picked him up from a brothel where he was planning to spend the rest of his meaningless life after leaving his family.
His eyes held a mix of anger, confusion, and something close to resignation. He didn't speak at first, only stared at Kent as if trying to measure the sincerity behind his words.
He is angry, for one. But that was all: just anger.
Now, however, he heard something he never thought he would hear from the second most hateful person he had met.
Daisy Ashland is first by the way.
For a moment, there was silence. The weight of the question hung in the air, pressing on his rational mind. He could make a decision now that would change his life.
Finally, Jacob broke the silence.
"And if I refuse?" he asked, his voice hoarse but steady. He wasn't about to act arrogant despite resolving himself to death days ago.