*Erik POV*
“Tell us everything you know if you want us to make a deal with you. It seems like you need us more than we need you.” Vanessa’s long black hair shimmered like a dark waterfall in the firelight. She was certain and sure of herself despite the strange creature that trapped us here standing before us. This was more of the Vanessa that I remembered, though still without her malice.
Louise scowled and gave a sigh of defeat. “I don’t like clever mortals … but you have me at an impasse. Where would you have me start?”
“The beginning,” I said. “I want to know where you came from, as well as the pendant. I know that it was my mother’s but that is all.”
“If I oblige you and tell you my tale, you will bargain with me?”
“If we like what we hear,” Vanessa said, “if not then we’ll leave without making a contract with you.”
