This Stranger

A terrible fear came over Mira, even more terrible than the one she felt when she was pursued by those depraved beings. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but respond.

- And what would you do if I didn't? Would you hurt me and suffocate me and then put me into an eternal sleep, as you had done with the others?

- If that's what you want, I'll do it. Or I might as well leave you here.

- You'd do that?" the girl asked incredulously and fearfully. You would leave me here, unarmed, without magic or anything, at the mercy of the monsters of your world!

It wasn't possible, she continued to think, her heart oppressed with panic. He wasn't going to turn his back on her and leave after coming to get her. But all things considered, how would she know? He was a stranger, and a stranger with cold blood from what she had seen with her own "eyes."