Offer

"I'm not here to pick helpless creatures up and I won't bring anyone along even if you beg. Now let g –"

"Then buy me." She cut him off. She was not even sure what she was saying anymore. But she would say anything just for him to take her with him. Because if he did not, she knew that this would be the end of her. "I'm… I'm selling myself to you. I won't cost much. Food and safe shelter are enough for me –"

"Safe shelter…" he echoed. "That would be a problem, little red." He then began to peel her hands off him, causing Vera to struggle not to let go. But she simply did not have any strength left to even hold onto him.

He faced her and his dark angel face bent a little closer to her. "Safe shelter is something I don't have. Do you know why?" his gaze became cold as ancient ice. "Because I am not safe myself, not only to you but to anyone else –"

She shook her head. "I don't believe you. I know I will be safe if I go along with you."