Autumn merely gritted her teeth and started to think dark thoughts about Elliot and of course, about the fool who dared to rebel against Eldest Senior Brother and then somehow stupidly managed to get herself so miserably caught.
"Damn right I will take back triple of what I am about to pay this gangster!" Her angry glare at Third Senior Sister seemed to say.
Because unlike Elliot's baseless claims about his trauma and recurring nightmares, SHE truly would be traumatized by this negotiating session AND get recurring nightmares about it!
"But now, you are seeking to deprive me of the balm, the only balm, that could soothe the pain of my traumatized soul… that isn't something I am willing to give up easily.
Plus, of course the fact that an Emperor like her is probably worth ten dragons. Given her lifespan of…let's put it conservatively at a thousand years-"
Autumn choked.
